JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“I. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order calling for the records leading to Exhibit P5 and quash Exhibit P5 order.

II. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order removing the land covered by Exhibit P1 land tax receipt from the Exhibit P4 Data Bank. Or in the alternative, direct the 2^nd respondent to consider application afresh and pass an appropriate order within a time frame that may be fixed by this Hon’ble Court.

III. Pass an appropriate order dispensing with the translation of the vernacular documents produced in the Memorandum of Writ Petition and accepting the same.

IV. Issue such other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the light of the facts and circumstances of the case so as to secure the ends of justice.”[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 t