JUDGMENT

Since common issues are involved in these two writ petitions, they are heard and disposed of by a common judgment, adverting to the facts in W.P.(C) No.38957 of 2022.

2. Petitioner obtained 4.34 Ares of land comprising in resurvey No.99/41-2 of Lalam Village by way of settlement deed No.1855/I/2003 of Sub Registrar Office, Meenachil. Properties of the petitioner and his sibling (petitioner in W.P.(C) No.38987 of 2022) are lying conjointly and were unsuitable for paddy cultivation prior to the year 2000 and three boundaries of the above land were reclaimed much earlier. Thereafter petitioner started cultivation of coconut, arecanut, etc. in the land in the year 2000 itself. Petitioner approached this Court after filing an application under Kerala Land Utilisation Order (in short, “KLU Order”) on 12.02.2018 before the 1^st respondent and this Court as per Ext.P1 judgment directed the 2^nd respondent to consider and pass orders on the application submitted to remove the land from the data bank and also directed the 1^st respondent to cons