JUDGMENT

This Writ Petition (C) is filed seeking the following reliefs:

" i) Call for the records pertains to Exhibit.P3 order of 2^nd respondent and quash the same by issue a writ of certiorari or any other order or writ or direction.

ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the 2^nd respondent to allow Exhibit.P2 application filed in Form 5 by the petitioner for removing the entry from the data bank;

iii) Declare that an extent of 41.40 Ares of property lying in Sy No.288/2 of Block No. 057, Peringandoor Village in Thalappilly Taluk in Thrissur District is dry land.

iv) Issue such other appropriate writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the circumstances of the case.

v) Dispense with production of filing of translation of vernacular documents."

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2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 2^nd 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 the petitioner is that the authorised officer has not considered the contentions of the petitioner.

3. Heard the learned counsel for th