2025:KER:30079 WP(C) NO. 14099 OF 2025 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAVI MONDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 17TH CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 14099 OF 2025 PETITIONER: MUDITA TRADES PRIVATE LIMITED REGISTERED ADDRESS AT, DOOR NO. 26 / 598 (NEW NO. 12 / 3035) KOLLANNUR DEVASSY SMARAK BUILDING, ROUND, EAST, THRISSUR. REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, TENSON T.T., SON OF THIMOTHY T.L., AGED 43 YEARS, RESIDING AT THEKKINIYATH HOUSE, EAST PIPE LANE, 3RD STREET, NETTANGARA, THRISSUR EAST., PIN - 680006 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 KUTTUR VILLAGE OFFICE, CHAMAKKAD ROAD, KUTTUR, THRISSUR, PIN - 680013 SMT. DEEPA NARAYANAN, SR.GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:30079 WP(C) NO. 14099 OF 2025 2 T.R. RAVI, J. -------------------------------------------- W.P(C). No. 14099 of 2025 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 7th day of April, 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. The petitioner is hence entitled to the same benefit as in the case of the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.42972 of 2025:KER:30079 WP(C) NO. 14099 OF 2025 3 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 LEK 2025:KER:30079 WP(C) NO. 14099 OF 2025 4 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 14099/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF THE REGISTERED DEED NO. 919/2014 DATED 21.02.2014 OF AYYANTHOLE SRO Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE TAX PAID RECEIPT DATED 02.11.2023 OF THANDAPPER NUMBER 16123 BEARING NUMBER KL08014704952/2023 Exhibit P2(a) TRUE COPY OF THE TAX PAID RECEIPT DATED 02.11.2023 OF THANDAPPER NUMBER 66/SR BEARING NUMBER KL08014704955/2023 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 BEARING NO. KDIS-6019/95/D1 DATED 12.06.1995 Exhibit P3(a) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO ISSUED UNDER CLAUSE 6(2) OF THE KLU ORDER,1967 BEARING FILE NUMBER BEARING NO.KDIS-6057/95/D1 DATED 14.06.1995 Exhibit P3(b) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO ISSUED UNDER CLAUSE 6(2) OF THE KLU ORDER,1967 BEARING FILE NUMBER BEARING NO.KDIS-6680/95/D1 DATED 21.06.1995 Exhibit P3(c) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO ISSUED UNDER CLAUSE 6(2) OF THE KLU ORDER,1967 BEARING FILE NUMBER BEARING NO.KDIS-6695/95/D1 DATED 21.06.1995 Exhibit P3(d) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO ISSUED UNDER CLAUSE 6(2) OF THE KLU ORDER,1967 BEARING FILE NUMBER BEARING NO.B-2-12371/08/KDIS/4 DATED 12.12.2007 2025:KER:30079 WP(C) NO. 14099 OF 2025 5 Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT TAHSILDAR UNDER FORM A OF THE KERALA LAND TAX RULES, 1972 ALONG WITH THE REPRESENTATION DATED 23.03.2021 Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THIS HON’BLE COURT IN WP(C) 17849 OF 2021 DATED 20.09.2021 Exhibit P6 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT TAHSILDAR DATED 13.12.2021 Exhibit P7 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THIS HON’BLE COURT IN WP(C) 5448 OF 2022 DATED 04.03.2024 Exhibit P8 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER BEARING FILE NUMBER 8507/2024 DATED 09.09.2024 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO REMOVING THE PETITIONER’S PROPERTY FROM THE DATA BANK Exhibit P8(a) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER BEARING FILE NUMBER 8513/2024 DATED 09.09.2024 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT RDO REMOVING THE PETITIONER’S PROPERTY FROM THE DATA BANK Exhibit P9 TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT TAHSILDAR BEARING NUMBER B1/878432/2024 DATED 25.09.2024 Exhibit P10 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THIS HON’BLE COURT IN WP(C) 42972 OF 2024 DATED 09.01.2025