ORDER

Heard the learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioners and the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the official respondents. Though private respondents have been served and their names are printed in the cause list, they have not chosen to enter appearance.

2.The first petitioner was one of the joint pattadhars in Patta No.

5032 issued by Tahsildar, Vilavankodu. Patta covered 72 cents of land in Survey No.33/10. The first petitioner alienated her undivided share in favour of the second petitioner herein vide sale deed dated 22.12.2021. The second petitioner is yet to apply for mutation and substitution of his name in the place of the first petitioner. At the instance of the respondents 5 and 6 herein, the Tahsildar, Killiyoor carried out the exercise of sub dividing in the said survey number. Survey No.33/10 had been sub divided into 33/10A, 33/10B and 33/10C. The name of the first petitioner is figuring as against Survey No.33/10C alone. This mutation was done behind the back of the first petitioner. The first petitioner was not put on notice before passing the impugned memorandum dated 11.11.2018.

3.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner states