JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, direction or order by calling for the records leading to exhibit P2 order and set aside the same as illegal.

ii. Issue a writ of mandamus or appropriate writ, order or direction to the first respondent to reconsider the form 5 application submitted by the petitioner afresh which leads to exhibit P2 order and take a decision in the said matter after hearing all the parties concerned and aft3er verifying the satellite image and report issued by the 5th respondent within a reasonable period which this honourable may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice and circumstances of the case.

iii. Such other writ, order or direction which this Honorable Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice and circumstances of the case.

iv. Exempt the production of translated copies of vernacular documents of the subject matter.

(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