JUDGMENT

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

"i) issue a writ of certiorari calling for the records leading to Ext.P2 and quash the original of the same;

ii) to declare that Ext.P2 is illegal as it is against the law declared by this Hon’ble Court;

iii) issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the 2nd respondent to reconsider the Ext.P3 application submitted by the petitioner under Form

5 in the light of the law declared by this Hon’ble Court;

iv) to permit the petitioners to produce translations of the vernacular documents as and when directed by this Hon’ble Court;

v) issue such other writ, order or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case; ”

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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 the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader.

4. This C