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The Kollam Sub-court has ordered the attachment of the Kollam Collectorate gathering and astir 2 acres of its surrounding onshore pursuing the State government’s nonaccomplishment to deposit compensation for onshore acquired implicit 2 decades ago, contempt a nonstop mandate from the High Court.
To facilitate a autobus terminal-cum-shopping analyzable project, the Kollam Corporation (then municipality) had acquired 1.23 acres belonging to the precocious K. Raveendran Nair, proprietor of Vijayalakshmi Cashew Factory, adjacent Upasana Hospital connected the Kollam-Thirumangalam road.
While the authorities initially fixed the compensation astatine ₹1.13 crore, the landowner challenged the magnitude successful court, seeking a just marketplace valuation. After aggregate appeals, the High Court raised the full compensation to ₹12.43 crore.
Following the High Court’s verdict, the landowner filed an execution petition successful the Kollam Sub-court to retrieve the dues. However, the authorities failed to deposit the required magnitude successful court.
This persistent non-compliance led the sub-court to authorise the attachment of the district’s superior administrative office to retrieve the funds. In effect to the attachment proceedings, the State authorities has reportedly initiated caller ineligible steps to enactment the High Court bid and reverse the seizure of the property.
