Sreekumar M.R vs Travancore Devaswom Board on 6 April, 2026

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    Sreekumar M.R vs Travancore Devaswom Board on 6 April, 2026

    Author: V Raja Vijayaraghavan

    Bench: V Raja Vijayaraghavan

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                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
                                                 PRESENT
               THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V
                                                             &
                    THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K. V. JAYAKUMAR
            MONDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL 2026 / 16TH CHAITHRA, 1948
                                      WP(C) NO. 33109 OF 2025
    PETITIONERS:
    
        1       SREEKUMAR M.R, AGED 58 YEARS, S/O. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI,
                PULIMANAMADOM, CHAVARA P.O, KOLLAM, ROOM NO: 1 OF
                SANKARAMANGALAM AMANKULANGARA DEVASWOM SHOPPING
                COMPLEX, KAMANKULANGARA, PANMANA VILLAGE,
                KARUNAGAPPALLY, PIN - 691583
    
        2       ANIL KUMAR, AGED 48 YEARS, S/O. ARAVINDAKSHAN,
                KULATHINTEKIZHAKKATHIL, CHITTOR PANMANA, CHAVARA P.O,
                KOLLAM, ROOM NO: 2 OF SANKARAMANGALAMKAMANKULANGARA
                DEVASWOM SHOPPING COMPLEX, KAMANKULANGARA, PANMANA
                VILLAGE, KARUNGAPPALLY., PIN - 690518
    
        3       B.CHANDRIKAMMA, AGED 69 YEARS, W/O. CHANDRASEKHARAN
                PILLAI, VALALIL VEEDU, KESAVAPURAM, KARUNAGAPPALLY P.O,
                KOLLAM, ROOM NO:3 OF SANKARAMANGALAMKAMANKULANGARA
                DEVASWOM SHOPPING COMPLEX, KAMANKULANGARA, PANMANA
                VILLAGE, KARUNAGAPPALLY., PIN - 690518
    
        4       R.KRISHNA KUMAR, AGED 51 YEARS, S/O. S. RAMANKUTTY,
                RADHAKRISHNANILAYAM, PANMANA, CHAVARA, P.O KOLLAM, ROOM
                NO: 4 OF SANKARAMANGALAMKAMANKULANGARA DEVASWOM
                SHOPPING COMPLEX, KAMANKULANGARA, PANMANA VILLAGE,
                KARUNAGAPPALLY., PIN - 690518
    
        5       SINDU.L, AGED 49 YEARS, W/O. SREEKANDAN UNNITHAN,
                POOYAMTHARATHEKKATHIL, THOTTINUVADAKKU, CHAVARA P.O,
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               KOLLAM, ROOM NO:12 OF SANKARAMANGALAMKAMANKULANGARA
               DEVASWOM SHOPPING COMPLEX, KAMANKULANGARA, PANMANA
               VILLAGE, KARUNAGAPPALLY., PIN - 690518
    
               BY ADVS. ​
               SRI.C.UNNIKRISHNAN (KOLLAM)​
               SRI.D.JAYAKRISHNAN​
               SHRI VIJAYKRISHNAN S. MENON​
               SHRI.VIVEK NAIR P.​
               SHRI.M.R.RADHAKRISHNAN​
               SHRI.K.S.ARAVIND​
               SHRI.G.GOWARDHAN DEV G. NAIR​
               SHRI.V.ASWIN​
               SHRI.GAUTHAM HRITHEEKAAR S.​
               SMT.BINITHA MARIA THOMAS​
               SHRI.SHIBU S.​
               SMT.GARGI RAMACHANDRAN​
    
    
    RESPONDENTS:
    
        1      TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD​
               REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEVASWOM HEAD QUARTERS,
               NANDANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695003
    
        2      THE ASSISTANT DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER​
               TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, KARUNAGAPPALLY DEVASWOM
               GROUP, KARUNAGAPPALLY, PIN - 691583
    
        3      SUB GROUP OFFICER, KAMANKULANGARA DEVASWOM, DEVASWOM
               OFFICE OF TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, SANKARAMANGALAM,
               KARUNAGAPALLY, PIN - 691583
    
               BY ADV SRI.G.SANTHOSH KUMAR (P).
    
             THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON
        06.04.2026, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
        FOLLOWING:
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                                                JUDGMENT
    

    K.V. Jayakumar, J.

    This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

    SPONSORED

    seeking the following reliefs:

    i.​ Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order,
    or direction, quashing the impugned demand notices
    Exhibit.P4, P4(a), P4(b), P4(c) & P4(d) and the consequent RR
    notices Exhibit.P7, P7(a), P7(b), P7(c) & P7(d);
    ii.​ Declare that the petitioners are not liable to pay any rent
    arrears from the period from June 2020 to November 2023 to
    the TDB, in view of the acquisition of the premises and vesting
    the same pursuant to S.3D notification with NHAI and
    cessation of ownership of TDB;

    iii.​ Issue a writ of mandamus or appropriate direction
    commanding the respondents to consider and pass orders on
    the objections Ext.P5 submitted by the petitioners and keep
    the coercive proceedings pending till such time.

    2.​ The petitioners state that they were the licensees occupying and

    conducting business in various shoprooms in Kamankulangara Devaswom

    Shopping Complex, Chavara, from 2003.

    3.​ The petitioners further state that the 2nd respondent, the Assistant

    Devaswom Commissioner, Travancore Devaswom Board, issued notices dated

    15.06.2020 demanding an enhanced rate of rent and an additional deposit from

    the petitioners. Challenging the action of the 2nd respondent, the petitioners
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    preferred W.P.(C) No. 17369 of 2020 seeking to quash the said demand notices.

    On 08.11.2022, this Court disposed of the said Writ Petition vide Ext.P1 judgment

    on the basis of the submission made by the then counsel for the petitioners and

    the Standing Counsel for the Travancore Devaswom Board that the shopping

    complex had been demolished.

    4.​ Subsequently, the Devaswom Board has filed R.P. Nos. 1077 of

    2023 and 1270 of 2023 wherein this Court found that the said shopping complex

    was not demolished on that date. The petitioners have produced a copy of the

    order dated 09.04.2024 in the R.P. Nos. 1077 of 2023 and 1270 of 2023. The

    petitioners further submit that their former counsel made wrong and incorrect

    submissions before this Court without their knowledge or consent.

    5.​ Sri. Unnikrishnan C., the learned counsel for the petitioners,

    submitted that since the Travancore Devaswom Board has received the entire

    compensation with effect from 09.06.2020, the date of 3-D notification issued

    under the National Highways Act, 1956. They are legally precluded from

    claiming any rent from the petitioners, inasmuch as the property has vested in

    the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Travancore Devaswom

    Board has ceased to have any ownership rights.

    ​ 6.​ In view of the 3-D notification issued by the competent authority

    under the Act, the claim of the respondents for arrears of rent is not legally
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    sustainable. The learned counsel submits that Ext. P4 series demand notices, and

    Ext. P7 series notices under the Revenue Recovery Act, issued by the 2nd

    Petitioner, the Assistant Devaswom Commissioner, are liable to be quashed. The

    learned counsel for the petitioners would further submit that, although the

    petitioners had submitted Ext. P5 series of objections before the Assistant

    Commissioner, the same were not considered. The learned counsel for the

    petitioners further asserted that they had ceased to occupy the shop rooms in

    June 2020, consequent to the 3-D notification.

    7.​ The respondents 1 to 3 have placed on record a counter affidavit

    contending that the Board has to ensure that proper rental/license fee is

    generated from the shop rooms as per the law laid down by this Court in H.N.

    Vijayan v. Travancore Devaswom Board1.

    8.​ The learned Standing Counsel for the Travancore Devaswom Board,

    Sri. G. Santhosh Kumar submitted that though the notice under Section 3-A was

    received by the Devaswom authorities from the Competent Authority, the actual

    surrender and demolition of the building took place in the year 2023. The learned

    Standing Counsel for the Board asserted that the petitioners have not

    surrendered the shop rooms to the Board and they continued their possession till

    November 2023. Further, the Board is entitled to realise the arrears of rent till

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    November 2023 from the petitioners, so long as the tenants occupied the

    shoprooms.

    ​ 9.​ We have heard the submissions of Sri. Unnikrishnan C., the learned

    counsel for the petitioners and Sri. G. Santhosh Kumar, the learned Standing

    Counsel for the Travancore Devaswom Board.

    ​ 10.​ The sole question that arises for our consideration is whether a

    tenant is liable to pay rent/license fee to the landlord, after 3-D notification

    issued by the competent authority under the National Highways Act, 1956 up to

    the actual date of surrender of the shoprooms or its demolition?

    11.​ The landlord-tenant relationship and the execution of the rent

    deeds are admitted by the parties. Ext.P3 series are the License Deeds executed

    between the 2nd respondent and the petitioners. Though these deeds were

    styled as licence deeds, on going through the deeds we find that, the

    transactions between the parties is essentially a lease. Admittedly, Section 3-A

    notification was issued in the year 2020. The actual surrender of the building by

    the Travancore Devaswom Board was in November 2023.

    ​ 12.​ According to the learned counsel for the petitioners, on the date of

    notification issued under Section 3-D, the Travancore Devaswom Board ceases to

    be the owner of the shopping complex and consequently, they are not entitled to

    claim rent/arrears of rent from the tenants.

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    13.​ Per contra, the learned Standing Counsel pointed out that even

    after the 3-D notification, the petitioners continued to occupy the shop room of

    the complex and they are tenants by holding over and are bound to remit the

    rent/enhanced rent as per the terms of the license deed. The rent agreement is

    between the licensor and the licensee and it is the duty of the tenant to pay as

    per the deed and to continue to pay the license fee until they surrender the

    shoprooms or until the competent authority takes actual possession of the

    shopping complex.

    14.​ Before further discussion, it may be useful to extract Section 3 of

    the National Highways Act,1956(the ‘NH Act‘ for the sake of brevity) and the

    relevant provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.

    Relevant provisions of NH Act, 1956.

    “3. Definitions – In this Act, unless the context otherwise
    requires,-

    (a) “competent authority” means any person or authority
    authorised by the Central Government, by notification in the Official
    Gazette, to perform the functions of the competent authority for such
    area as may be specified in the notification;

    (b) “land” includes benefits to arise out of land and things
    attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to
    the earth.

    3-A. Power to acquire land, etc. –

    (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that for a public
    purpose any land is required for the building, maintenance,
    management or operation of a national highway or part thereof, it
    may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare its intention to
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    acquire such land.

    (2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall give a brief
    description of the land.

    (3) The competent authority shall cause the substance of the
    notification to be published in two local newspapers, one of which will
    be in a vernacular language.

    3-B. Power to enter for survey, etc.- On the issue of a
    notification under sub-section (1) of section 3-A, it shall be lawful for
    any person, authorised by the Central Government in this behalf, to –

    (a) make any inspection, survey, measurement, valuation or
    enquiry;

    (b) take levels;

    (c) dig or bore into sub-soil;

    (d) set out boundaries and intended lines of work;

    (e) mark such levels, boundaries and lines by placing marks
    and cutting trenches; or

    (f) do such other acts or things as may be laid down by rules
    made in this behalf by that Government.

    3-C. Hearing of objections.- (1) Any person interested in
    the land may, within twenty-one days from the date of publication of
    the notification under sub-section (1) of section 3-A, object to the use
    of the land for the purpose or purposes mentioned in that
    sub-section.

    (2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the
    competent authority in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof
    and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of
    being heard, either in person or by a legal practitioner, and may, after
    hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry, if
    any, as the competent authority thinks necessary, by order, either
    allow or disallow the objections.

    Explanation. For the purposes of this sub-section, “legal
    practitioner” has the same meaning as in clause (i) of sub-section (1)
    of section 2 of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961).

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    (3) Any order made by the competent authority under
    sub-section (2) shall be final.

    3-D. Declaration of acquisition-(1) Where no objection
    under sub-section (1) of section 3-C has been made to the competent
    authority within the period specified therein or where the competent
    authority has disallowed the objection under sub-section (2) of that
    section, the competent authority shall, as soon as may be, submit a
    report accordingly to the Central Government and on receipt of such
    report, the Central Government shall declare, by notification in the
    Official Gazette, that the land should be acquired for the purpose or
    purposes mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 3-A.
    (2) On the publication of the declaration under
    sub-section (1), the land shall vest absolutely in the Central
    Government free from all encumbrances.

    (3) Where in respect of any land, a notification has been
    published under sub-section (1) of section 3-A for its acquisition but
    no declaration under sub-section (1) has been published within a
    period of one year from the date of publication of that notification, the
    said notification shall cease to have any effect:

    Provided that in computing the said period of one year, the
    period or periods during which any action or proceedings to be taken
    in pursuance of the notification issued under sub-section (1) of
    section 3-A is stayed by an order of a Court, shall be excluded.

    (4) A declaration made by the Central Government under
    sub-section (1) shall not be called in question in any Court or by any
    other authority.

    3-E. Power to take possession.-(1) Where any land has
    vested in the Central Government under sub-section (2) of section
    3-D
    , and the amount determined by the competent authority under
    section 3-G with respect to such land has been deposited under
    sub-section (1) of section 3-H, with the competent authority by the
    Central Government, the competent authority may by notice in writing
    direct the owner as well as any other person who may be in
    possession of such land to surrender or deliver possession thereof to
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    the competent authority or any person duly authorised by it in this
    behalf within sixty days of the service of the notice.

    (2) If any person refuses or fails to comply with any direction
    made under sub-section (1), the competent authority shall apply-

    (a) in the case of any land situated in any area falling within
    the metropolitan area, to the Commissioner of Police;

    (b) in case of any land situated in any area other than the area
    referred to in clause (a), to the Collector of a District,
    and such Commissioner or Collector, as the case may be, shall
    enforce the surrender of the land, to the competent authority or to
    the person duly authorised by it.

    3-F. Right to enter into the land where land has vested
    in the Central Government.- Where the land has vested in the
    Central Government under section 3-D, it shall be lawful for any
    person authorised by the Central Government in this behalf, to enter
    and do other act necessary upon the land for carrying out the
    building, maintenance, management or operation of a national
    highway or a part thereof, or any other work connected therewith.”

    15.​ We have carefully gone through the Sections 3A to F of the NH Act.

    Section 3-A empowers the Central Government to issue notification declaring its

    intention to acquire any land for the purpose of construction of National Highway.

    Section 3-B empowers the authorised person to conduct inspection, survey and

    measurement of the land. Section 3-C of the Act states that the persons

    interested in the land shall file objections to the competent authority with regard

    to Section 3-A notification. After considering the objections filed by the persons

    interested, the competent authority submits a report to the Central Government
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    and thereafter the Central Government shall, by a notification, make a

    declaration under Section 3-D of the Act that the land should be acquired for the

    purpose mentioned in Section 3-A(1). Subclause (2) of Section 3-D provides that

    on the publication of the declaration under Section 3-D(1), the land shall vest

    absolutely in the Central Government free from all encumbrances. Subsection (4)

    states that a declaration under Section 3-D(1) shall not be questioned in any

    court of law.

    16.​ Under Section 3-E, the competent authority may issue notice in

    writing directing the owner or occupier of the land to surrender possession of the

    land within 60 days of the receipt of said notice. Such notice is issued after

    compensation determined under Section 3-G and deposited under Section 3-H of

    the Act. Subsection (2) of Section 3-E says that the competent authority can

    enforce the surrender of land with the assistance of the Commissioner of Police

    or the District Collector. By virtue of Section 3-F of the Act, after the vesting of

    the land in the Central Government under Section 3-D(2), the authorised person

    can enter into the land for the purpose for which it is acquired.

    17.​ Section 3 of the Act explains the various stages of the acquisition of

    land or building for the purpose of the construction, maintenance or

    management of a National Highway, starting from the declaration of intention,

    submission of objections, vesting of the land and taking possession thereof.

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          18.​     Before we proceed further with the discussion, it would be useful to
    
    

    extract the relevant provisions of the Transfer of Property Act 1882 (for the sake

    of brevity, ‘TP Act’) and Kerala Building Lease and Rent Control Act 1965 (for the

    sake of brevity, ‘ KBLR Act’). Chapter V, Sections 105-117 of the TP Act contain

    the general provisions applicable to the lease of immovable property. However,

    the KBLR Act was enacted with a view to control the lease of buildings in Kerala.

    Relevant Provisions of the TP Act

    “105. Lease defined.- A lease of immovable property is a
    transfer of a right to enjoy such property, made for a certain time,
    express or implied, or in perpetuity, in consideration of a price paid
    or promised, or of money, a share of crops, service or any other
    thing of value, to be rendered periodically or on specified occasions
    to the transferor by the transferee, who accepts the transfer on
    such terms.

    Lessor, lessee, premium and rent defined. The transferor is
    called the lessor, the transferee is called the lessee, the price is
    called the premium, and the money, share, service or other thing to
    be so rendered is called the rent.

    111. Determination of lease.-A lease of immovable property
    determines-

    (a) by efflux of the time limited thereby;

    (b) where such time is limited conditionally on the
    happening of some event-by the happening of such event;

    (c) where the interest of the lessor in the property
    terminates on, or his power to dispose of the same extends only to,
    the happening of any event-by the happening of such event;

    ………”

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    S.116- Effect of holding over. – If a lessee or under-lessee of
    property remains in possession thereof after the determination of
    the lease granted to the lessee, and the lessor or his legal
    representative accepts rent from the lessee or under-lessee, or
    otherwise assents to his continuing in possession, the lease is, in
    the absence of an agreement to the contrary, renewed from year to
    year, or from month to month, according to the purpose for which
    the property is leased, as specified in section 106.”

    Relevant Provision of KBLR Act

    “2(6) – “Tenant” means any person by whom or on whose
    account rent is payable for a buildings and includes:-

    (i) heir of a deceased tenant, and

    (ii) A persons Continuing in possession after the termination
    of the tenancy in his favour, but does not include a
    Kudikidappukaran as defined in the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963
    (Kerala Act I of 1964), or a person placed in occupation of a
    building by its tenant, or a person to whom the collection of rents
    or fees in a public market, cart stand or slaughter house or of rents
    for shops has been farmed out or leased by a Municipal Council,
    Municipal Corporation, Township committee or Panchayat.”

    19.​ As per Section 105 of the TP Act, a lease, in short, is the transfer of

    a right to enjoy the property by the lessor to the lessee on payment of rent

    promised to be paid. In other words, in a transaction of lease, the right to

    possess and enjoy the property is transferred by the transferor to the transferee.

    ​ 20.​ Section 111 states about the determination of lease. Subclause (c)

    provides that a lease of immovable property determines where the interest of the

    lessor in the property terminates.

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    ​      21.​   Now, we will come back to the facts of the instant case wherein the
    
    

    acquisition proceedings were initiated by notification under Section 3-A in the

    year 2020. After completing the initial steps, the building was actually

    surrendered in November 2023. According to the learned counsel for the

    petitioners, the Devaswom Board is entitled to claim rent only up to the

    notification issued under Section 3-D(1) as the property thereafter vests with the

    Central Government. Per contra, the learned Standing Counsel for the Board

    would submit that the order under Section 3-D(1) would not disentitle the Board

    to collect rent/arrears of rent from the tenant for the tenanted premises.

    ​ 22.​ We are unable to accept the contention of the learned counsel for

    the petitioners that once a notification is issued under Section 3-D(1), the right

    of the landlord to receive the rent comes to an end. It is true that the title of the

    land vests with the Central Government as and when a notification is issued

    under Section 3-D(1) as stipulated under (2). However, on going through

    Section 3-E of the Act, the delivery of possession is to be made only after the

    issuance of a notice under Section 3-E(1), that too, after the fixation of

    compensation and its payment.

    ​ 23.​ On going through the Scheme of the Act, even after the notification

    under Section 3-D, some more steps are to be taken before the delivery or

    surrender of the possession of the land or building including the fixation and
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    disbursement of the compensation. Therefore, there should be some gap

    between the vesting of the ownership of the land in the Central Government and

    the actual surrender of possession.

    ​ 24.​ The issue involved in this Writ Petition is whether the tenant is

    bound to pay rent for the interregnum period between 3-D notification and the

    surrender of possession pursuant to Section 3-E notice.

    ​ 25.​ It is pertinent to note that in a lease, the right to enjoy or the

    possessory right is transferred. Therefore, if the tenant continues to occupy the

    land or building even after 3-D notification, he is liable to pay rent/arrears of rent

    to the landlord. The tenant cannot wriggle out of the liability to pay the rent,

    stating that the ownership has transferred to the Central Government by virtue of

    3-D notification.

    ​ 26.​ In the instant case, the petitioners would contend that they

    surrendered the possession of the shoprooms immediately after the 3-D

    notification. This fact has been controverted by the respondents and they assert

    that the petitioners have been occupying the building till November, 2023. In

    other words, the petitioners have not been able to substantiate their primary

    contention that the building was vacated immediately on the issuance of 3-D

    notification.

    
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    occupy the tenanted premises even after 3-D notification is bound to pay the

    rent to the landlord so long as he occupies the building or surrenders the

    possession pursuant to Section 3-E notice. It is trite law that a party to a contract

    shall not be permitted to enrich himself unjustly at the expense of the other

    party.

    ​ In the light of the above discussion, we are of the considered view that

    the reliefs claimed in the Writ Petition cannot be granted. The Writ Petition is

    dismissed. It is made clear that the petitioners can pursue their remedy in the

    proper forum, if so advised.

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                                                                                      RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V
                                                                                               JUDGE
    
    
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                                                             ​ ​                  ​               K. V. JAYAKUMAR
                                                                                                  ​     JUDGE
    
    BR/Sbna
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                         APPENDIX OF WP(C) NO. 33109 OF 2025
    
    PETITIONER EXHIBITS
    
    Exhibit P1                   TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT IN WP(C) 17369/2020
                                 DATED 8/11/22
    Exhibit P2                   THE TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER IN RP 1077/2023 &
                                 RP 1270/2023 DATED9/4/24
    Exhibit P3                   A TRUE COPY OF SALE DEED OF LICENCE DATED
                                 12.04.2019 OF THE 1ST PETITIONER
    Exhibit P3(a)                A TRUE COPY OF HIS DEED OF LICENCE DATED
                                 12.04.2019 OF THE 2N PETITIOER
    Exhibit P3(b)                A TRUE COPY OF HER DEED OF LICENCE DATED
                                 12.04.2019
    Exhibit P3(c)                A TRUE COPY OF SALE DEED OF LICENCE DATED
                                 23.10.2019
    Exhibit P3(d)                A TRUE COPY OF SALE DEED OF LICENCE DATED
                                 23.02.2019
    Exhibit P4                   A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE DATED 25.11.2024,
    

    DEMANDING ARREARS OF RENT RS 6,21,538/- FROM
    THE 1ST PETITIONER
    Exhibit P4(a) TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE DATED 25.11.2024,
    DEMANDING ARREARS OF RENT RS. 3,46,148/- FROM
    THE 2ND PETITIONER
    Exhibit P4(b) A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE DATED 25.11.2024,
    DEMANDING ARREARS OF RENT RS. 3,83,742/- FROM
    THE 3RD PETITIONER
    Exhibit P4(c) A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE DATED 25.11.2024,
    DEMANDING ARREARS OF RENT RS. 6,74,862/- FROM
    THE 4TH PETITIONER
    Exhibit P4(d) A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTICE DATED 25.11.2024,
    DEMANDING ARREARS OF RENT RS. 5,73,281/- FROM
    THE 5TH PETITIONER
    Exhibit P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 30.11.2024
    SUBMITTED BY THE 1ST PETITIONER
    Exhibit p5(a) A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 02.12.2024
    SUBMITTED BY THE 2ND PETITIONER
    ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
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    Exhibitp5(b) A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 02.12.2024
    SUBMITTED BY THE 3RD PETITIONER
    Exhibit p5(c) A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 30.11.2024
    SUBMITTED BY THE 4TH PETITIONER
    Exhibit P5(d) A TRUE COPY OF THE OBJECTION DATED 02.12.2024
    SUBMITTED BY THE 5TH PETITIONER
    Exhibit P6 A TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL
    DEPUTY COLLECTOR, LAND ACQUISITION, NATIONAL
    HIGHWAY AND COMPETENT AUTHORITY, KOLLAM DATED
    02.08.2022
    Exhibit p7 TRUE COPY OF REVENUE RECOVERY NOTICEDATED
    08/08/2025 AND 16/08/2025ISSUED TO THE 1ST
    PETITIONER
    Exhibit p7(a) TRUE COPY OF REVENUE RECOVERY NOTICES DATED
    13.08.2025 AND 16.08.2025ISSUED TO THE 2ND
    PETITIONER
    Exhibit p7(b) TRUE COPY OF REVENUE RECOVERY NOTICES DATED
    11.08.2025 ISSUED TO THE 3RD PETITIONER
    Exhibit p7(c) TRUE COPY OF THE REVENUE RECOVERY NOTICES
    DATED 12.08.2025 ISSUED TO THE 4TH PETITIONER
    Exhibit p7(d) TRUE COPY OF THE REVENUE RECOVERY NOTICES
    DATED 16.08.2025 ISSUED TO THE 5TH PETITIONER



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