JUDGMENT

The above Writ Petition (C) is filed with the following prayers:

"(i) issue a writ of certiorari or other appropriate writ, order or direction, calling for the records leading to the passing of order Exhibit P10 by the 1^st respondent and to quash the same and to declare that the property of the petitioner is unsuitable for paddy cultivation.

(ii) issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the 1^st respondent to remove the property of the petitioner from the land data bank and to issue a consequential notification, whereby allowing the Exhibit P4 application submitted by the petitioner before the 1^st respondent in Form No.5 of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Rules ,2008 in the light of the dicta as laid down by this Hon’ble Court in Arthasasthra Ventures (India) LLP - Vs- State of Kerala [ 2022 (7) KHC 591 ], in Muraleedharan Nair.R -Vs- Revenue Divisional Officer [ 2023 (4) KHC 524 ], 2025 KHC Online 1756 ( Jalaja S.S. -Vs- District Collector, Thiruvananthapuram) and in 2025 (4) KHC

281 [Satheesh Sankaran Namboothiri (Dr.) -

Vs- State of Kerala]

(iii) This Hon’ble Court may be pleased to dispense with the filing of Eng