IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ZIYAD RAHMAN A.A.

FRIDAY, THE 8^TH DAY OF AUGUST 2025 / 17TH SRAVANA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 15340 OF 2025 PETITIONER:

MOHAMMED FAISAL, AGED 56 YEARS, S/O.K M ABDUL KHADER, KAKKAT, EDAPALLY NORTH, AIMS, AIMS PONEKKARA, ERNAKULAM, KERALA, PIN – 682 041.

BY ADVS.

SRI.V.S.MANSOOR SHRI.AHAMMED MIZWAR V.P.

RESPONDENTS:

1 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT,SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN – 695 001.

2 TAHSILDAR, KANAYANNUR TALUK,PARK AVE, NEAR SUBHASH PARK, MARINE DRIVE, ERNAKULAM, PIN – 682 011.

3 DEPUTY TAHSILDAR, REVENUE RECOVERY, KANAYANNUR TALUK, PARK AVE, NEAR SUBHASH PARK, MARINE DRIVE, ERNAKULAM, PIN – 682

011.

SHRI.ARUN AJAY SANKAR, GOVERNMENT PLEADER THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08.08.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

The petitioner is the proprietor of M/s.Megha Marketing, which according to the petitioner is an MSME. The petitioner has approached this Court being aggrieved by Ext.P3, by which the request made by the petitioner seeking exemption of the building of the petitioner from payment of building tax in the light o