2025:KER:24673 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.R.RAVI FRIDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF MARCH 2025/30TH PHALGUNA, 1946 WP(C) NO.10136 OF 2025 PETITIONERS 1 PAUL DEVASSY AGED 69 YEARS NELLISSERY HOUSE, AVENUE ROAD, KURIACHIRA, THRISSUR, PIN - 680006 2 SILVY RAPHY AGED 60 YEARS PONTHEKKAN HOUSE, CARMEL PARK, MISSION QUARTERS. THRISSUR, PIN - 680001 BY ADVS. MATHEW THOMAS ANAND KRISHNA RESPONDENTS 1 REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICE, COLLECTORATE, THRISSUR, PIN - 680003 2 TAHSILDAR (LAND RECORDS) TALUK OFFICE, PALACE ROAD, THRISSUR, PIN - 680020 3 VILLAGE OFFICER VILLAGE OFFICE ROAD, CHIYYARAM, THRISSUR, PIN - 680026 2025:KER:24673 WP(C)No.10136 of 2025 2 SMT.DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:24673 WP(C)No.10136 of 2025 3 T.R. RAVI, J. -------------------------------------------- W.P(C). No. 10136 of 2025 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 21st day of March, 2025 JUDGMENT The prayer in the writ petition is for a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 application submitted in Form A of the Kerala Land Tax Rules, 1972 without insisting the procedure contemplated under Section 27A of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 (for short, “the 2008 Act”). 2. In the case on hand, the order under the Kerala Land Utlisation Order, 1967 was issued in 1995. In similar circumstances, this Court in W.P.(C) No.42972 of 2024 had issued directions to consider and pass orders on the application submitted by the petitioner under Section 6A of the Kerala Land Tax Act. The facts in this case are also similar. 2025:KER:24673 WP(C)No.10136 of 2025 4 The petitioner is hence entitled to the same benefit as in the case of the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.42972 of 2024. This writ petition is hence allowed. The 2nd respondent is directed to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 application in Form A, after hearing the petitioner and with due reference to the judgment in W.P.(C) No.42972 of 2024 without insisting on the procedure laid down in Section 27A of the 2008 Act, at the earliest, at any rate, within four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment. Sd/- T.R.RAVI JUDGE Cak 2025:KER:24673 WP(C)No.10136 of 2025 5 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 10136/2025 PETITIONERS EXHIBITS EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTERED DEED NO. 625/2019 DATED 12.03.2019 OF THRISSUR SRO EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE TAX PAID RECEIPT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROPERTY DATED 22.04.2024 BEARING NUMBER KL08016002437/2024 EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO ISSUED UNDER CLAUSE 6(2) OF THE KLU ORDER,1967 BEARING FILE NUMBER KDIS:- 6928/95/D1 DATED 29.06.1995 SANCTIONING THE CONVERSION OF THE LAND EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONERS BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT TAHSILDAR UNDER FORM A OF THE KERALA LAND TAX RULES, 1972 ALONG WITH THE REPRESENTATION EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT TAHSILDAR ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF EXT.P4 DATED 20.02.2025 BEARING NUMBER B10/1019950/2025