JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. Issue a writ in the nature of certiorari or such other appropriate writ, order or direction, calling for the records and proceedings leading up to the issuance of Ext. P2 seizure mahazar and quash the same.

ii. declare that the seizure of the JCB/Excavator bearing Registration No KL-29-V-0010 is illegal, in the facts and circumstances of the case.

iii. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the respondents to release the JCB/Excavator bearing Registration No KL-29-V-0010 to the petitioner, forthwith.

iv. Dispense with the filing of the English translations of the documents in vernacular language produced in this Writ Petition (Civil).

v. pass such other writ order or direction that this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case and allow the writ petition with costs to the petitioner.

(SIC)

2. The JCB/Excavator of the petitioner bearing Registration No.KL-29/V-0010 has been seized on 22/01/2026, while it was used for levelling a property in possession of a temple, which is shown as “Puramboke” in the BTR is the submission. According to the petitione