JUDGMENT

The petitioner is the owner in possession of

19.20 Ares of land comprised in Re.Sy No.90/15 of Kuttoor Village, Thiruvalla Taluk. According to the petitioner, the land is not a paddy land or wet land and the same was converted 30-35 years back and has been wrongly included data bank published by the 4^th respondent as 'paddy land/wet land'. The petitioner, therefore, filed Ext.P2 application in Form- 5 under Rule 4(d) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008 before the 3^rd respondent to exclude the said land from the data bank, after remitting requisite fees. Ext.P4 is the report of the KSREC which shows that the property of the petitioner is not a paddy land or wet land and was converted before 2008. Despite the report of the KSREC, the 3^rd respondent, by Ext.P3, rejected Ext.P2 solely relying on the report of the 4^th respondent. The petitioner submits that Ext.P3 order is vitiated by non-application of mind. The petitioner submits that there is no independent consideration of Ext.P2 application by the 3^rd respondent in Ext.P3.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

3. The relevant consideration for inclusio