2025:KER:27803 WP(C) NO. 13236 OF 2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ZIYAD RAHMAN A.A. TUESDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 11TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 13236 OF 2025 PETITIONER: PRASANTH V.K., AGED 52 YEARS S/O.KUTTAPPAN, BASANTH SADAN,VENGOLA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 683542 BY ADV K.J.MANU RAJ RESPONDENTS: 1 DEPUTY COLLECTOR (LR), COLLECTORATE, KAKKANAD, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682030 2 AGRICULTURAL OFFICER, VENGOLA, KRISHI BHAVAN, VENGOLA, KUNNATHUNAD TALUK, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 683556 3 THE VILLAGE OFFICER, VENGOLA VILLAGE OFFICE, KUNNATHUNAD TALUK, VENGOLA P.O., ERNAKULAM, PIN – 683556 2025:KER:27803 WP(C) NO. 13236 OF 2025 2 BY ADV SMT.DEEPA.V, G.P THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:27803 WP(C) NO. 13236 OF 2025 3 JUDGMENT The petitioner is the owner in possession of property having an extent of 9.56 Ares comprised in Survey No.36/16 in Block No.20 of Vengola Village in Kunnathunad Taluk, Taluk Ernakulam District. The grievance of the petitioner is that, the property of the petitioner has been wrongfully included in the Data Bank as converted land. Therefore, the petitioner submitted Ext.P1 application in Form 5 on 13.01.2024. 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 2nd respondent shall forward a report regarding the nature of the property of the petitioner, to the 1st respondent, the authorized officer under Section 2(xvA) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 within a period of one month from 2025:KER:27803 WP(C) NO. 13236 OF 2025 4 the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Thereupon, the 1st respondent, the authorized officer as referred to above shall take up Ext.P1 application and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of such report. Sd/- ZIYAD RAHMAN A.A. JUDGE scs 2025:KER:27803 WP(C) NO. 13236 OF 2025 5 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 13236/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE FORM 5 APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED 13.1.2024 Exhibit P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE LAND TAX RECEIPT DATED 6.9.2023 ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER