JUDGMENT

The petitioner, who is stated to be in ownership and possession of 6 Ares and 7 Square Links of property in Re.Sy.No.281/9-4 and Re.Sy.No.281/9-1 of Nellanadu Village in Nedumangadu Village, Thiruvananthapuram, is aggrieved by Ext.P6 order of the respondent Panchayath, whereby a building permit, that was granted to him, was subsequently cancelled by the Panchayath, on the ground that the land on which the building was constructed, was classified as 'Nilam' in the revenue records.

2. When the writ petition came up for admission, this Court called for a report from the additional 6th respondent, who is the Convener of the Local Level Monitoring Committee [LLMC], with regard to the lie and nature of the property and specifying whether the property in question was included in the draft/notified data bank. A report has since been filed by the additional 6th respondent, which indicates that, based on the Satellite image of the plot taken on various dates, the property in question was filled and converted in 2003 itself and there is no agricultural activities from 2003. It is suggested that the land belonging to the petitioner cannot be included in the land data bank for the purpos