IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.S.DIAS WEDNESDAY, THE 16^TH DAY OF JULY 2025 / 25TH ASHADHA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 20218 OF 2024 PETITIONER:

PRAJILA C.K, AGED 49 YEARS D/O.THULASIDAS, MANOJAM, CHERIYA KOLOTH, NADUVATTOM, BEYPORE P.O, KOZHIKODE, PIN - 673015 BY ADVS. SRI.T.D.SUSMITH KUMAR SMT.T.O.DEEPA SHRI.JAYKAR.K.S.

SHRI.C.SIVADAS RESPONDENTS:

1 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695001

2 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CIVIL STATION P.O, KOZHIKODE, PIN - 673020

3 REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, CIVIL STATION P.O, KOZHIKODE, PIN - 673020

4 THE VILLAGE OFFICER, KOTTOOLI VILLAGE OFFICE, KOTTOOLI P.O, KOZHIKODE, PIN – 673017 BY SMT.JESSY S SALIM, GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16.07.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 16^th day of July, 2025 The petitioner is the owner in possession of 12 Ares and 15 sq.m of land comprised in Survey No.35/33 in Re-Survey Block No.1 in Kottooli Village, Kozhikode Taluk, covered under Ext.P2 land tax receipt. The property is a converted land. It is not suitable for paddy cultivation. However, the