JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction calling for the records leading to Ext.P5 and to quash the original of the same;

ii. to declare that Ext. P5 cannot stand in the eye of law in the light of decisions reported in Haridasan Vs. District Collector ( 2023 KHC online 10370 ), Niyas Vs. District Collector, Palakkad ( 2023 KHC online 9342 ), Aparna Sasi Menon Vs. Revenue Divisional Officer, Irinjalakuda ( 2023(6) KHC 83 ) and Muraleedharan Nair Vs. RDO (2023 (4) KLT 270;

iii. issue a writ of mandamus or any appropriate writ order or direction to the 2nd respondent to pass fresh orders on the Form 5 application submitted by the petitioners and covered by Ext. P5 by removing erroneous entry in respect of subject land from the data bank;

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;

(SIC)

2. Petitioners submitted a Form–5 application under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland