389 of 2002.
Out of the said area, 12.5 acres of land had been surrendered as excess land under the Ceiling Act.
The Appellants were therefore, in active possession of only 7.85 acres of land.
389/2002 before the High Court.
The Appellants produced a Registration Certificate from the Rubber Board for cultivating 10 acres of land which was issued prior to vesting.
The Commissioners Reports revealed that the Appellants were in possession of 20 acres and 31.5 cents of land.
As a companysequence, the Appellants were number entitled to claim the exemption under Section 3 2 on the ground that the land was under their personal cultivation.
Aggrieved by the aforesaid Judgment, the Appellants filed the present Civil Appeals.
The Tribunal appointed a Commissioner to carry out inspection of the land.
The High Court held that against the claim of the Appellants for 79 acres and 68.5 cents of land, the Appellants were entitled to get exemption under Section 3 3 only with respect to 7.85 acres of land.
The first inspection was carried out in 1993.
The High Court vide impugned final Judgment and Order dated 01.01.2008 dismissed the Appeal.
The Forest Tribunal vide Order dated 11.07.2000 dismissed the O.A. filed by the Appellants.
Hence, the Appellants were number entitled to the exemption under Section 3 2 of the Act.
INDU MALHOTRA, J. The present Civil Appeals have been filed to challenge the final Judgment and Order dated 01.01.2008 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam hereinafter referred to as Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by NEELAM GULATI the High Court in MFA No.
Aggrieved by the aforesaid Order, the Appellants filed MFA No.
