JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“(i) To issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing the Exhibit-P4 and P6 orders of the 1st respondentand Ext.P7 report of the 3rd respondent. (ii) To issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the 1st Respondent to reconsider and pass a lawful decision on the Exhibit P3 Application of the petitioner after calling for a report from the 3rd respondent on the recommendation of the Local Level Monitoring Committee after conducting a local inspectionwithin a time to be fixed by this Hon’ble Court. And (iii). To pass such other reliefs which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper to pass in the interest of equity, justice and good conscious considering the facts of the case. ”[SIC]

2. The petitioner and his predecessor filed Form-5 applications in accordance to Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules , 2008 (‘Rules’, for brevity). Both these applications were dismissed and the same is challenged in this writ petition.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

4. This Court perused