JUDGMENT

The above Writ Petition (C) is filed with the following prayers:

"i. To issue a writ of certiorari and call for the records related to Ext. P4 and to quash the same to the extent demanding fee for the existing building in the subject property of the petitioner. ii. To issue a writ of mandamus order or other appropriate writ or direction directing the 1st respondent, Authorised Officer to finalise Exhibit P3 Form 7 application having No.21/2024/1077213 of the petitioner without insisting for fee for the building sought under Ext. P4 forthwith.

iii. To issue any other writs order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit on the facts and circumstances of the case.

iv. Petitioner may be permitted to dispense with the filing of translation of the vernacular documents. "

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2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the demand of fee by Ext.P4 order for the existing building which was constructed in the year 2018 by the 1^st respondent. The petitioner also relied on the judgments of this Court in Shiji Joshy v. State of Kerala [2022 (7) KHC 502] and Reeta John v. State of Kerala [2023 KHC OnLine 9383].

3. Heard the learned Government Pleader also.

4. There is no dispute to the f