J U D G M E N T

Dated this the 13th day of October, 2022 The petitioner is before this Court aggrieved by the alleged omission of the 2nd respondent-Additional Tahsildar (Land Records) in entertaining a representation submitted by the petitioner for re-assessment of rate of Basic Tax of land and for making necessary entries in the Basic Tax Register.

2. The petitioner is owner of 50.58 Ares of land in Re-

Survey No.53 in Block No.25 of Palakkad-III Village, Palakkad District. The property in question was purchased in the year 1999. The petitioner approached the Revenue Divisional Officer invoking the provisions of the Kerala Land Utilisation Order, 1967 seeking to permit him to use the land for non-agricultural purposes. The Revenue Divisional Officer passed Ext.P2 order under Clause 6 of the and permitted the petitioner to use the land for non-agricultural purposes.

3. The grievance of the petitioner is that even though Ext.P2 order was passed under the Kerala Land Utilisation Order, 1967 in the year 1987, the land of the petitioner is not re-assessed for fixing rate of Basic Tax and the property of the petitioner is still described as paddy land in the Revenue records. The petit