JUDGMENT

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

"I. To issue a writ of certiorari or any other writ order or direction calling for the records leading to Exhibit P6 order and quash the same.

II. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the 2nd respondent/authorised officer to reconsider Form 5 application and pass orders based on Exhibit P4.

III. To issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the 2nd 5th respondents to issue necessary notification excluding 0.334 hectors of petitioner’s property from the data bank within a time frame fixed by the Hon’ble Court.

IV. Dispense with the filing of the translation of vernacular documents.

And V. Issue such other and further orders deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. ”

[SIC]

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 th