JUDGMENT

Petitioner has approached this Court seeking to quash Ext.P16 and for a consequential direction to the 2^nd respondent to issue 'pokkuvaravu patta' in the name of the petitioner, Thandaper number, and to allow the petitioner to pay land tax for the property which is the subject-matter of this writ petition.

2. Petitioner is the absolute owner in exclusive possession and enjoyment of the property having an extent of 20 cents in Survey No.1815 of Vanchiyoor Village and is running a business under the name and style 'Damor Brothers' therein. The said property was originally owned by one Gourikuttiy Amma, and the father of the petitioner was conducting a timber depot in the above property. While so, the aforementioned Gourikutty Amma and her husband Raghavan Pillai filed three suits as OS Nos.244/71,412/71 & 907/72 before the Munsiff's Court, Thiruvananthapuram for permanent injunction restraining the father of the petitioner from installing any machine or from removing earth, for recovery of property and again for injunction restraining the father of the petitioner from interfering with their rights. These suits were considered, and OS No.244/71 was dismissed, OS No.412/71 was p