JUDGMENT :

W.P(C) No.4012 of 2021 is filed challenging Exts.P15 and P23 orders. By Ext.P15 the Village Officer has taken a decision that the property having an extent of 16 Ares comprised in Re-survey No.55/7 in Resurvey Block No.5 (Old Survey 229) of Nedumpram Village in Thiruvalla Taluk is a paddy land. The said finding in Ext.P15 was confirmed by the District Collector by Ext.P23 order. It is to be seen that pursuant to the issuance of Ext.P23 in WP(C) No.4012 of 2021 a Contempt of Court proceedings was initiated by the petitioner as C.O.C. No.288 of 2022 which lead to Ext.P24 judgment produced in W.P(C)No.23869 of 2021. Based on which revised orders in the place of Ext.P23 order in WP(C) No.4012 of 2021 was issued as Ext.P25 and therefore, it is challenging Ext.P25 revised order that W.P(C) No.23869 of 2021 is filed. Therefore, W.P(C) No.23869 of 2021 will be treated as the leading case.

2. It is averred that the petitioner is a retired employee of the Airport Authority of India. The petitioner and his wife possess 16 Ares of landed property, a coconut plantation, comprised in Re-survey No.55/7 in Resurvey Block No.5 (Old Survey 229) in Thandapper 13640 in Nedumpram Village in Th