JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“I. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to set aside the Exhibit P1 order. II. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to remove the petitioner’s 20.75 Ares of property in Re Survey No. 250/18 in Malayinkeezhu Village from the data bank.

III. Translation of vernacular documents produced as exhibits in this case may be dispensed with as the same will be produced as and when directed by this Hon'ble Court;

and IV. Grant such other reliefs which are appropriate and incidental to this proceeding and which this Honourable Court deems fit and proper.”[SIC]

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 1^st 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.

4. This Court perused the impugned order. I am of the considered opinio