JUDGMENT

Dated this the 15th day of November, 2022 The petitioner, who is owner of 20 Cents of land in Re-Survey No.39/1-10p of Kolazhi Village of Thrissur Taluk in Thrissur District, is before this Court seeking to quash Ext.P4 online order passed by the 1st respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer.

2. The petitioner states that his land is described as ‘Nilam’ in Revenue records. The land is included in the Land Data Bank also. The petitioner wanted to use the land for other purposes. Therefore, he submitted an application invoking Rule 4(d) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008, seeking to remove the land from the Data Bank.

3. The grievance of the petitioner is that his application has been rejected by Ext.P4 online order. Apart from stating that the application is rejected as the Local Level Monitoring Committee decided not to exclude the land from Data Bank, no other reasons have been given in Ext.P4.

4. The petitioner states that the physical appearance of the land is that of a ‘Purayidam’. There are standing trees in the land. If a KSREC Report was obtained, it would have been evident that the land is not a paddy land any more and it is liable to be rem