JUDGMENT :

P.V. KUNHIKRISHNAN, J.

1. This writ petition is filed with the following prayers:

i. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction restraining Respondent Nos.1 to 8 from assigning or granting any building number or occupancy certificate to the building constructed by Respondents 9 & 10 in the subject paddy wetland, and further directing that no steps be taken to regularize or legitimize the said illegal construction in any manner.

ii. Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for the records of the building permit (Exhibit P2) issued by Respondent No.1 to Respondents 9 & 10, quash the said building permit as being illegal, ultra vires and void ab initio, and declare that any construction carried out on the strength of Exhibit P2 is unauthorized and without legal sanction.

iii. Issue a writ of mandamus or direction to Respondent Nos.1 to 8 to forthwith stop all construction activity in the 28 cents of paddy land (Survey No. 4/1-6, classified