JUDGMENT

The above writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“I. Quash Exhibit-P3 issuing a writ in the nature of certiorari;

II. Quash the condition in Exhibits-P1 and P2 which provides for collection of fee at the rate of Rs. 100/- per square feet for the area exceeding 3000 square feet when the landowner wants to make constructions in the plot;

III. Issue any appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring that the petitioner is not liable to make any payment as provided under Rule 12 (9) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land &

Wet Land Rules, 2018;

IV. Declare that the Respondents 4 and 5 are bound to issue building permit to the Petitioner without making payment of the money demanded by Exhibit-P3;

V. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring that the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land & Wet Land Rules, 2018 framed under Rule 12 (9) is ultra- virus the provisions of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land & Wet Land Act, 2008 to th