Victoria Xavier And Ors. vs The Greater Cochin Development ... on 28 February, 1992
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri T. V. Ananthan, submitted that in the scheme of the Act, the local authority or company at whose instance the acquisition proceedings are initiated by the Government under the Act (for short 'the beneficiary') has no locus standi to get impleaded in the proceedings either before the Collector or before the court. Such beneficiary is not a 'person interested' as defined under the Act. The dispute regarding the quantum of compensation which is the subject matter of the references under Sections 18 and 80 of the Act (corresponding to Sections 20 and 32 of the repealed Kerala Land Acquisition Act See Moosa v. Special Tahsildar (1990 (2) KLT 887) are disputes between the owner of the land and the State or among the persons interested in receiving the compensation. No notice is contemplated to be given to the beneficiary of the acquisition in any of the proceedings under the Act.