JUDGMENT

This Writ Petition (C) is filed seeking the following reliefs:

" (i) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for the records leading to Exhibit-P5 order by the 1^st respondent and quash Exhibit-P5;

(ii) Issue a writ of mandamus directing the 1^st respondent to reconsider Exhibit P4 Form 5 application afresh in accordance with law, within a time frame as fixed by this Hon’ble Court."

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2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 1^st respondent rejecting the Form–5 application submitted by her 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 the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

4. This Court perused the impugned order. I am of the considered opinion that the authorised officer has failed to comply with the statutory requirements. The impugned order was passed by the authorised officer solely based on the report of the Agricultural Officer. There is no indication in the order that the authorized officer has di