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Heard Smt.Nandana Suresh representing Sri.Avaneesh Koyikkara, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as Sri.N.B. Sunil Nath, the learned Government Pleader.

2. The petitioner is stated to be the owner of the property extending 8.20 Ares comprised in Re.sy.No.130/18 (old Sy. No.241/2) of Nellanad Village in Thiruvananthapuram District. This property was seen included in the data bank as paddy land. According to the petitioner, the property was converted much prior to the commencement of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 . Therefore, he filed an application seeking removal of the property from the data bank. The application filed as above is rejected by the order at Ext.P4 issued by the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO). It is seeking to challenge the aforementioned order, the petitioner is before this Court.

3. A reading of Ext.P4 order shows that the RDO has sought to obtain a report/image from the Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre (KSREC). However, a reading of the order shows that with reference to the findings in the KSREC report, the RDO has observed that there were trees (coconut trees, arecanut trees etc.,) w