Under Notification dated 19.07.1981, issued under Section 4 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the State of Kerala acquired land for the benefit of Public Health Engineering Department of the State Government.
14 of 1986 , which was given a retrospective operation with effect from 1st day of March, 1984 declared Kerala Water Authority to have been companystituted under the Act.
2002 1 SCR 615 The following Order of the Court was delivered Leave granted.
With effect from 1st April, 1984, the State of Kerala, through an executive order, companystituted Kerala Water Authority K.W.A., for short as a statutory Corporation.
The State of Kerala and Kerala Water Authority preferred appeals, laying challenge to the several awards made by the Civil Court and for enhancing the amount of companypensation.
The Collector Land Acquisition initiated proceedings for assessing the amount of companypensation payable and made an Award on 15th June, 1986.
The claimants sought for a reference to the Civil Court seeking enhancement in the quantum of companypensation which was made.
These reference applications came to be decided by different awards made by the Civil Court between 1989 and 1991.
Sometime in June, 1983 a declaration under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act was made.
Feeling aggrieved by the order of remand, the claimants have filed these appeals, by special leave.
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On 27.08.1982, possession was taken over the acquired land.
