JUDGMENT

Dated this the 21st day of July, 2022 The petitioner, who is owner of 14.43 Ares of land in Kunnathunad Village of Kunnathunad Taluk in Ernakulam District, has filed this writ petition seeking to direct the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P3 application within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. The petitioner states that he is owner of 14.43 Ares of land, out of which 3.50 Ares of land is comprised in Survey No.12/8, 2.29 Ares of land is comprised in Survey No.13/5 and 8.64 Ares of land is comprised in Survey No.12/11 of Kunnathunad Village, Kunnathunad Taluk in Ernakulam District. The land is a garden land. It is not cultivated with paddy. It is not fit for paddy cultivation either. However, the land is included in the Data Bank and is described as paddy land in Revenue records also.

3. The petitioner wants to use the land for other purposes. Hence, the petitioner filed Ext.P3 application in Form-5, invoking Rule 4(d) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008. The application was filed on 15.06.2022. The application is not disposed of so far. Unless the application is considered expeditiously, the petitioner will be put to unt