JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. Issue a writ of certiorari calling for the records leading to Ext P3 order and quash the same.

ii. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction directing the 2nd respondent/Authorized Officer to reconsider Ext P2 application and pass orders afresh after obtaining a report from the 6th respondent, KSREC with regard to the nature of the property as on 2008.

iii. To issue a writ of mandamus directing the 6th respondent to file a report before the 2nd respondent/Authorized Officer and 5th respondent with regard to nature and lie of the petitioner’s property in 2008.

iv. To dispense with the filing of translation of vernacular documents.

v. To issue such other writ, order or direction as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

(SIC)

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 2^nd respondent rejecting the Form–5 application submitted by him 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