JUDGMENT

Petitioner has approached this Court challenging Exts.P13 and P14 and for a consequential direction to the respondents to accept and adjust the amount of Rs.66,875/- deposited by the petitioner as the full and final closure of the demand raised.

2. Brief facts necessary for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows: Petitioner is the owner of a timber mill and has taken on lease an extent of 5 cents of Government land which was lying nearby the mill of the petitioner as per the provisions of the Kerala Land Assignment Act . It is contended that at the time of granting lease Rs.375/- was fixed as rent and the same was subsequently revised to Rs.1,125/- and the petitioner had paid the lease amount till 1988-1989. It is contended that after 1989 petitioner was not using the land for stocking timber which the authorities was informed also. Subsequently for the period from 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 the petitioner was issued with Ext.P1 order granting lease at the rate of Rs.2,250/- for a period of two years and when the petitioner applied for renewal of lease during 1999-2000 it was informed by the 4^th respondent as per Ext.P2 notice that an amount of Rs.45,000/- is due fo