The main prayer in this Writ Petition (Civil) is as follows :

“to issue a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction, directing the Respondents to accept basic tax in respect of 0.1445 hectares in Re.Survey 292/3 of Tehnkurussi Village of Palakkad District covered by Ext.P1 within a time frame to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.”

2. Heard Sri. V.B. Ramanunni Menon, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. A.C. Vidhya, learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents.

3. The petitioner claims to be the only legal heir of late Raghavankutty Mannadiar, who died on 15.8.1984 at Vengody in Palakkad District. According to the petitioner, her deceased father, Raghavankutty Mannadiar, was the title holder of the land covered by Ext.P-1 partition deed in Re-Sy.No.292/3 having an extent of 0.1445 hectares in Thenkurussi Village in Palakkad District. The petitioner's father was the registered land holder of the said land and basic land tax was also accepted from him in terms of Sec.3(3)(d) of the Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961. That Ext.P-2 death certificate would show that the petitioner's father had died on 15.8.1984. At the time of his death, he had le