JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“1. Issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, quashing the impugned condition in Exhibit P2, to the extent it requires the petitioner to remit an additional fee of ₹100 per sq.ft. for the plinth area exceeding 3000 sq.ft., as illegal and without jurisdiction.

2. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider and grant the petitioner’s application for building permit for the proposed commercial building without insisting upon the payment of any additional fee based on plinth area, and in strict compliance with the judgments in Abad Builders Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Kerala , W.P.(C) No. 2785/2021 and Pushpavally v. Revenue Divisional Officer , W.P.(C) No. 39859/2023.

3. Declare that Note 1 to Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008 has been struck down and that no demand or fee under the said Note can be imposed upon the petitioner.

4. To dispense with the production of translated vernacular documents.

5. Grant such other reliefs as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. ”

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2. The direction in Ext.P2 t