ORDER

These Review Petitions have been preferred by the State seeking to review the common judgment dated 01.04.2025, directing the respective respondents to consider the applications in Form 6 and 7 filed by the respective petitioners without insisting for remittance of the fee with reference to the provisions of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act , 2008.

2. I have heard Sri. Aswin Sethumadhavan, learned Senior Government Pleader, as well as Sri. Peethambaran, learned counsel for the respondents.

3. The only contention raised by Sri.Aswin is to the effect that, going by the principles laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in Revenue Divisional Officer/Sub Collector v. Jacob Boban [ 2024 KLT OnLine 2348 ], once the provisions of Section 27A were introduced in 2018, an application can be entertained only with reference to the provisions of the afore statute and hence, the fee also requires to be satisfied by the respective petitioners.

4. At the same time, this Court notices that in the Writ Petitions, the petitioners have specifically taken up a contention that the properties were already converted earlier to the enactment of the 2008 Act and hence, there is