JUDGMENT

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

" i) Call for the records leading to Ext.P4 dated 2.11.2023 and quash the same by issuing a writ of certiorari finding that it is illegal.

ii) issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the 6^th respondent to reconsider and pass orders on Form 5 application after conducting a site inspection and after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, within a time limit fixed by this Hon’ble Court.

iii) Declare that the property of the petitioner lying in in 13.55 Ares of property comprised in Re.Sy.No. 14/2-2, in block No.71 in Chittur Village in Chittur Taluk in Palakkad District is not a paddy land and is liable to be excluded from the data bank."

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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 the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.