JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. To issue a Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for the records leading to Ext P6 and quash the same as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional;

ii. To Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction commanding the respondents, particularly the 6th respondent, to process and consider the petitioner’s application for building permit bearing No. S.C3/757769/2026 dated 24.01.2026, without insisting upon payment of any levy under Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules , 2008, in the light of the judgment of this Hon’ble Court in WP(C) No. 2785 of 2021 and connected cases;

iii. Grant such other and further reliefs as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. IV)

iv. To dispense with the translation of vernacular documents.

v. Awards and Costs.

(SIC)

2. Petitioner is aggrieved by Ext.P4 communication by which the petitioner is directed to pay conversion fee for the building. The petitioner relied on the decision reported in Abad builders Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of Kerala [2025 (1) KHC 306] .

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