JUDGMENT :

The writ petition is filed to quash Ext.P6 order and allow Ext.P3 application (Form 5) submitted by the petitioner under Rule 4(d) of the KERALA CONSERVATION OF PADDY LAND AND WET LAND RULES , 2008 ('Rules' in short).

2. The petitioner is the owner in possession of 4.86 Ares of land comprised in Survey No.155/7 in Mathuthala Village, Pattambi Taluk, Palakkad District, covered by Ext.P1 land tax receipt. The said property is converted land. However, the property has been erroneously classified as ‘Nilam’ in the data bank. In the said circumstances, the petitioner had filed Ext.P3 application to remove the property from the data bank. The petitioner has also received a copy of Ext.P4 report from the Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre (KSREC), which clearly shows that the petitioner’s property is a fallow land with scattered vegetation and trees. Since, the 2^nd respondent did not take a decision in the matter, the petitioner had filed W.P.(C) No.12044/2024 before this Court, which was allowed by Ext.P5 judgment directing the 2^nd respondent to consider Ext.P3 application after calling for a report from the Agricultural Officer and adverting to Ext.P4 report.