JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. Call for the records relating to Ext. P9 order of the

1st Respondent Deputy Collector (R.R) Thrissur and to quash the same order by issuing a Writ of Certiorari or any other Writs, Orders or Directions.

ii. Declare that the property of the Petitioner having an extent of 24.6 Ares, covered by Ext.P8 application and comprised in Re-Sy. no. 461/6 situated at Block 30, Oorakam Village, at Thrissur Taluk in Thrissur District is dry/garden land, having all the characterisation of Purayidam and therefore the inclusion of 24.6 Ares of the property in the data bank is liable to be excluded.

iii. Issue such other and further writs, orders or directions as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

iv. Dispense with the filing of the translation of vernacular documents.

(SIC)

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 1^st 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