MANIKANDAN. V Vs. STATE OF KERALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is aggrieved with the fact that the land, owned by the petitioner, having an extent of 0.1093 Hectors in R.S No.371/7 in Block No.37 of Marutha Road Village in Palakkadu District, is shown as 'nilam' in the revenue records. The said property of the petitioner is said to be included in the data bank prepared under Section 5(4)(1) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008 (for brevity 'the Paddy Land Act'). The petitioner filed Ext.P8 application, before the 3rd respondent, for removal of entry in respect of their properties from the draft data bank and Ext.P9; an application filed under Clause (6) of the Kerala Land Utilization Order, 1967, (for brevity "KLU Order") before the additional 5th respondent for conversion of use of land, which are pending consideration. The prayer of the petitioner is to direct the 3rd and additional 5th respondents herein, to consider and dispose of Exts.P8 and P9 applications respectively, within a reasonable time.

(2.) In such circumstance, since, the petitioner in the aforesaid writ petition seeks a direction to the 3rd respondent to delete the property of the petitioner from the data bank and declare that the property of the petitioner is not liable to be included in the data bank. Such a relief can be appropriately sought before the Local Level Monitoring Committee as per the amendment brought to the Paddy Land Act by the amended Rule 4(6) of the Kerala Paddy Land and Wetland Rules, 2008. Hence the 3rd respondent is directed to consider the request under the amendment G.O.(P) No.34/2017/Revenue dated 30.05.2017 for removing the property from the data bank after conducting site inspection and ascertaining the nature of land as on the date of enforcement of the Paddy Land Act and with report received from the Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Center (KSREC), if the application is filed in original and pending before the authority.

(3.) Since the land is included in the draft data bank and the description is shown as 'nilam' in the revenue records, it is only proper that a report is received from the Local Level Monitoring Committee (LLMC) and Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Center (KSREC) before consideration of Ext.P9 application by the additional 5th respondent, if the same is filed in original and pending before the authority.