JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“i) Call for records leading to Exhibit P4 Form 5 rejection order passed by the 2^nd respondent and quash the same.

ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the 2^nd respondent/authorised officer to reconsider the Exhibit P3 form 5 application and pass orders based on the KSREC report.

iii) To dispense with the production of translated vernacular documents.

iv) Issue any other writ, order or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the interest of justice.”[SIC]

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 2^nd respondent rejecting the Form–5 application submitted by him under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008 (‘Rules’, for brevity). The main grievance of the petitioner is that the authorised officer has not considered the contentions of the petitioner.

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

4. This Court perused the impugned order. I am of the considered opinion that the authorised officer has failed to comply with the statutory requirements. The impugned order was passed by the autho