JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“i. Call for the records relating to Exts. P9 and P11 orders of the 2nd Respondent Revenue Divisional Officer, Irinjalakuda and to quash the same order by issuing a Writ of Certiorari or any other Writs, Orders or Directions.

ii. Declare that the property of the petitioner having an extent of 40.47 Ares of land, comprised in Survey No. 172 of Thrikkur Village of Mukundapuram Taluk in Thrissur District is dry/garden land, having all the characterisation of Purayidam and therefore the inclusion of the property in the data bank is liable to be excluded.

iii. Issue such other and further writs, orders or directions as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

iv. Dispense with the filing of the translation of vernacular documents.”

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2. When this writ petition came up for consideration, the learned counsel for the petitioner limited his challenge to Ext.P11 order. Ext.P11 is an order passed by the 2^nd respondent rejecting Ext.P10 Form–5 application submitted by the petitioner under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules , 2008 (‘Rules’, for brevity). The main g