JUDGMENT

The above Writ Petition (C) is filed with the following prayers:

" i) Call for the records leading to Exhibit.P8 which rejected the petitioner’s Form 5 application and quash the same.

ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ or order directing the 2^nd respondent to reconsider the petitioner’s application in light of Exhibits.P4 and P9 and pass a fresh reasoned order by removing the subject properties from the databank within such time frame as this Hon'ble Court deems fit after affording the petitioner an opportunity of being heard.

iii) To declare that the property covered under Ext.P1 title deed: of the petitioner is liable to be excluded from the Data Bank and to direct the 2^nd respondent to remove the property from Data Bank. "

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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 Cour