JUDGMENT

All these writ petitions are concerned with a Circular issued by the Government, bearing Circular No.46848/P1/2016/Revenue dated 22.12.2016 restricting the conversion of user for construction of residential buildings alone and that too in Panchayats 10 cents and in Municipalities and Corporations 5 cents. The District Collectors/ Revenue Divisional Officers, before whom the applications are filed, have either rejected the applications or are not considering the same for reason of the Circular. The said Circular has been set aside by this Court in the decision reported in Shivadasan v. Revenue Divisional Officer [2017 (3) KLT 822]. In such circumstances, the writ petitions are disposed of in the following manner:

W.P.(C) No.10538 of 2017

2. The petitioner is concerned with 7 cents of property comprised in Survey No.385/3 of Thrikkur village. The petitioner's property is not included in the data bank prepared under Section 5(4)(i) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 [for brevity “Paddy Land Act”] is the contention raised. The petitioner filed an application under Clause 6 of the Kerala Land Utilization Order, 1967 [for brevity “KLU Order”], at Exhibi