JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing Exhibit.P1 and to allow the form 5 applications of the petitioner, and (ii) To exempt the petitioner from producing translation of vernacular document produced herewith as Exhibit.P1, and (iii) To issue such other writ order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit to grant in the facts and circumstances of the case.” [SIC]

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by Ext.P1 order passed by the 1^st respondent rejecting the Form–5 application submitted by the petitioner 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 co