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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.S.DIAS, J
M.T. Thankachan S/o Thomas – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The writ petition is filed to quash Ext.P4 order to the extent of partially rejecting Ext. P2 application (Form 5) submitted under Rule 4(d) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008 ('Rules' in short) and direct the third respondent to refund Rs. 43,362/- which was illegally collected from the petitioner while allowing his Form-6 application.
2. The petitioner is the owner in possession of 25.59 Ares of land covered by Ext. P1 basic tax receipt. The petitioner’s land is lying contiguously and is bounded by compound walls. Out of the said property, 01.10 Ares of land is classified as ‘purayidam’ and the balance 24.49 Ares of property is classified as ‘Nilam’ in the basic tax register and included in the data bank. The petitioner converted the entire land as purayidam in 2002 and 2003. As the property has been erroneously classified as ‘Nilam’ in the data bank, the petitioner had submitted Ext. P2 application before the third respondent. By Ext. P4 proceedings, the third respondent partially allowed the application by ordering the removal of 0.0657 hectares in Survey No. 231/21 from the data bank, but declined the removal of 0.2449 hectares. Pursua
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