JUDGMENT

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

"i) To issue writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ or order to call for the records and to quash Exhibit-P3 Order;

ii) To issue writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order directing the 2nd respondent to consider the petitioner’s application (as referred to in Exhibit- P2) and to grant the same in accordance with law within such time period of may be stipulated by this Hon’ble Court;

iii) Grant such other reliefs as are deemed just and necessary in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

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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.

4. This Court perused the impugned order. I am of the considered opinion that the authorised officer has failed to comply with the statutory requirements. The impugned order was passed b