(1.) Petitioners seek, among others, a declaration that Note 1 to Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Rules (the Rules) framed under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 (the Act) is ultra vires the provisions of the Act to the extent it provides for levying a fee for the area of buildings exceeding 3000 square feet proposed in lands falling under the Act.
(2.) The learned Senior Counsel Sri. B.G. Harindranath instructed by Sri. Amith Krishnan, Sri. P.K. Soyuz, Sri. K.C. Vincent, Sri. Jacob Sebastian, Sri. P. Sathisan and Sri. Shanavas Khan, on behalf of the petitioners, made the following submissions:
(3.) On the other hand, the learned Government Pleader Sri.S.Renjith, opposing the prayers in the writ petitions, submitted as follows: