JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“i) issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for the records leading to Ext. P-7 and quash the same and consequently allow Ext. P-5;

ii) dispense with the English translation of the documents in vernacular, produced along with this writ petition; and to iii) grant such other relief this Hon'ble court deems fit and proper in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, including the costs incurred by the petitioner in this proceedings.”[SIC]

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 2^nd respondent rejecting the Form–5 application submitted by the petitioner 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.

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