2025:KER:25517 WP(C) NO. 11768 OF 2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ZIYAD RAHMAN A.A. TUESDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 4TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 11768 OF 2025 PETITIONER: RAZIN BASHEER, AGED 26 YEARS S/O. MUHAMMED BASHEER, PATTANATH HOUSE, PANDIKKAD P.O, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 676521 BY ADV K.ABOOBACKER SIDHEEQUE RESPONDENTS: 1 THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, PERINTHALMANNA, OFFICE OF THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, PERINTHALMANNA P.O, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 679322 2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER, PANDIKKAD VILLAGE OFFICE, PANDIKKAD P.O, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 676521 3 THE AGRICULTURAL OFFICER FOR THE PANDIKKAD GRAMA PANCHAYATH, KRISHI BHAVAN, PANDIKKAD P.O, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN – 676521 2025:KER:25517 WP(C) NO. 11768 OF 2025 2 BY ADV SMT.DEEPA.V, G.P THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:25517 WP(C) NO. 11768 OF 2025 3 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the owner in possession of property having an extent of 0.0202 Hectares comprised in Survey No. 217/5-4 in Block No.145 of Pandikkad Village in Ernad Taluk in Malappuram District. The grievance of the petitioner is that, the property of the petitioner has been wrongfully included in the Data Bank as paddy land, even though the said land stood reclaimed even prior to the implementation of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008. Therefore, the petitioner submitted Ext.P2 application in Form 5 on 05.02.2025. The limited prayer sought by the petitioner is to direct the 1st respondent to pass orders thereon within a time frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for the respondents, I am inclined to dispose of this writ petition. Accordingly, it is ordered that, the 3rd respondent shall forward a report regarding the nature of the property of the petitioner, to the 1st respondent or the authorized 2025:KER:25517 WP(C) NO. 11768 OF 2025 4 officer under Section 2(xvA) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Thereupon, the 1st respondent or the authorized officer as referred to above shall take up Ext.P2 application and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, within a period of five months from the date of receipt of such report. Sd/- ZIYAD RAHMAN A.A. JUDGE scs 2025:KER:25517 WP(C) NO. 11768 OF 2025 5 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 11768/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit-P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE LAND TAX PAID RECEIPT DATED 28.05.2024 ISSUED BY THE SECOND RESPONDENT. Exhibit-P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION DATED 05.02.2025 SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE FIRST RESPONDENT.