JUDGMENT :

The petitioner is the present owner of 23.30 Ares of land comprised in Sy.Nos.486/4 A1 and 486/4 B1 of Edathua Village. The properties are classified as 'Nilam' in the revenue records and in the Basic Tax Register (BTR). The properties were settled in favour of the petitioner by her husband as per settlement deed No.990/2006 dated 4.5.2006. The properties had devolved on the petitioner's husband as per gift deed No.2117/1957 dated 12.10.1957 executed by her husband's grandfather. The gift deed describes the property as a 'purayidam' as early as in 1957 and also shows that there is a building in the land.

2. The wrong entry in the BTR as 'Nilam' also continued in the notified data bank prepared by the Local Level Monitoring Committee of Edathua Grama Panchayat. According to the petitioner, the properties had been converted irreversibly even before 100 years. In order to correct the wrong entry, the petitioner submitted an application in Form No.5 before the 1st respondent on 2.3.2020. The application in Form No.9 was also submitted since lands had been converted before 1967. When action was not forthcoming, the petitioner approached this Court by filing W.P.(C)No.3618/2021