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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 25494

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J
Thaha R – Appellant
Versus
The District Collector – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.AAFINA SANTHOSH
For the Respondents: SMT,DEEPA V.GP

Table of Content
1. vehicle seized for illegal paddy land filling. (Para 1 , 2)
2. petitioner not property owner; third-party status. (Para 3 , 4)
3. section 20 discretion for third-party vehicle release. (Para 5)
4. release on stringent bond conditions. (Para 6)

JUDGMENT

This Writ Petition (C) is filed seeking the following reliefs:

" i. Issue a writ of certiorari and quash Exhibit P-2 mahazar and its all further proceedings.

ii. Issue a Writ of mandamus directing the respondents to release vehicle belongs to petitioner bearing registration No.KL-04AB2324, forthwith.

iii. Issue a Writ of mandamus or other appropriate Writ Direction or Order, declaring that the seizure of the petitioner’s vehicle effected by the 3rd respondent on the basis of the Exhibit P-2 will not come under the purview of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008.

iv. Issue a Writ of mandamus directing the 3rd respondents to forward entire report to the 1st respondent with respect to the seizure of the petitioner vehicle on the basis of the Exhibit P-2 mahazar forthwith, if it is not already forwarded and direct the 1st respondent to release the petitioner’s vehicle on interim custody.

v. To dispense w

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