JUDGMENT

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

" (i) To issue a Writ of certiorari or any other appropriate order or direction calling for the records leading to Exhibit P5 and quash the same;

(ii) To issue a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate Writ order or direction directing Respondents 3 and 4 to allow Form.5 application, within a time frame to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court;

(iii) To dispense with filing of the translation of vernacular documents (iv) To grant such other and further reliefs as are just, proper and necessary in the facts and circumstances of the case."

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2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 3^rd respondent rejecting the Form–5 application submitted by her 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 the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

4. This Court perused the impugned order. I am of the considered opinion that the authorised officer has failed to comply with the statutory requirements. The impugne