JUDGMENT

The petitioner owns 13.59 Ares of land in Sy.No.22/1-2-2-2 of Manjalloor Village in Muvattupuzha Taluk. According to the petitioner, the property has been lying as a dry land for the last several decades and was neither a paddy land nor a wet land on the date of coming into force of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the 2008 Act). The petitioner submits that initially the land was classified as 'conversion' and later it was excluded from the data bank. The property was part of 16.19 Ares of land which belonged to one Smt.Rajamma, who had obtained the same as per sale deed No.1508/1972 of SRO, Thodupuzha. In 1992, the said Rajamma applied under Clause 6(2) of the Kerala Land Utilisation Order (KLU Order for short), seeking permission to convert the land as 'purayidam'. On 27.11.1992, the 1st respondent issued order No.K.Dis./8894/92/A3 granting permission to the predecessor of the petitioner to convert the land as a dry land. Rajamma transferred her title and possession in favour of Smt.Suja Xavier as per sale deed No.14/1993 dated 15.1.1993 of SRO, Kalloorkkad. The document is produced as Ext.P2. The petitioner submits