JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“1) call for records leading to Ext.P17, P18 and P19 and issue a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing Ext.P17, P18 and P19.

2) Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the 1^st respondent to allow Form 5 applications petitioners mentioned in Ext.P17, P18 and P19 respectively and direct removal of the respective properties of petitioners from the data bank.

3) issue such other orders, writs or directions as are deemed fit by this Hon’ble Court.

4) award cost of this proceedings to the petitioners.

5) dispense with filing of the translation of vernacular documents produced as Exhibits in the writ petition.”[SIC]

2. The petitioners are aggrieved by Exts.P17 to P19 orders passed by the 1^st respondent rejecting the Form–5 applications submitted by them under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules , 2008 (‘Rules’, for brevity). The main grievance of the petitioners is that the authorised officer has not considered the contentions of the petitioners.

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

4. This Court perused the impugned orders. I am of the c