JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“i. Call for records leading to Ext.P5 and issue a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing Ext.P5.

ii. Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the 1st respondent to reconsider Ext.P4 Form 5 application and grant sanction and allow the same and remove petitioner’s land from data bank, within such time as may be fixed by this Hon’ble Court.

iii. issue such other orders, writs or directions as are deemed fit by this Hon’ble Court. iv. award cost of this proceedings to the petitioner.

v. dispense with filing of the translation of vernacular documents produced as Exhibits in the writ petition. ”[SIC]

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the 1^st 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