JUDGMENT

The above writ petition has been filed challenging Ext.R1(a), P25 and P28 orders and also for a consequential direction to take up the application submitted by the petitioner under Clause 6(2) of the Kerala Land Utilisation Order , 1967 [for short, ‘the KLU order’] and to grant permission to the petitioner to use her property for any other purpose, notwithstanding Ext.P25.

2. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows: The petitioner is the absolute owner in possession of 60.70 Ares (150 cents) of land comprised in Survey Nos.143/1 and 143/2 of Guruvayur Village in Chavakkad Taluk, Thrissur District. The petitioner has purchased the said property by way of three sale deeds, which are produced as Exts.P1 to P3. After purchase, mutation was effected and tax was remitted in the name of the petitioner as evident from Ext.P4. The petitioner submits that the property is a pucca dry land and that there are around 150 coconut trees in the property, all of them are aged either 35 or 40 years old and these trees were in existence before 04.07.1967, the date of coming into force of the KLU order.

3. The petitioner would contend that the above factua