G. NANDAKUMAR Vs. REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is aggrieved with the fact that the land, owned by the petitioner, having a total extent of 22 cents situated in Sy.No.113/1B1 of Edakkad Desom, Puthiyangadi Village, Kozhikkode District, is shown as 'nilam' in the revenue records as also in the Basic Tax Register. The said property is included in the draft data bank prepared under Section 5(4)(i) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008 as "filled land". The petitioner submits that the property is converted long prior to 2008, that is, before the implementation of the Paddy land Act and it is also submitted that there is no paddy cultivation and the land is unfit for any paddy cultivation. The petitioner filed Ext.P5 application, before the 1st respondent, which is pending consideration. The prayer of the petitioners is to direct the 1st respondent, to consider and dispose of Ext.P5, an application filed under Clause (6) of the Kerala Land Utilization Order, 1967, (for brevity "KLU Order"), within a reasonable time.

(2.) 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.P5 application by the District Collector/Revenue Divisional Officer, if the same is filed in original and pending before the authority.

(3.) The petitioner shall produce a copy of the writ petition before the Agricultural Officer, the Convener of the Local Level Monitoring Committee, along with the copy of the Field Measurement Book and Survey and Sub-division numbers with respect to the property obtained from the concerned Village Officer. The Agricultural Officer shall then seek a report of the lie and nature of the property as it remained on the date of coming into force of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008, from the Director, Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Center (KSREC), Vikas Bhavan, C-Block, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 033. On the direction of the Agricultural Officer so to do, the petitioner shall remit the required fees in the name of the petitioner, C/o. the concerned Agricultural Officer (showing the full address) before the KSREC for obtaining such report and produce such receipt before the Agricultural Officer. The Agricultural Officer shall then obtain the report and map from the KSREC, who shall issue the same on the strength of the receipt produced by the Agricultural Officer. The Agricultural Officer, on receipt of the report, shall require the LLMC to conduct a physical inspection of the property and submit a report before the District Collector as to the lie and nature of the property, as it exists at present, along with the report from the KSREC. A copy of the report of physical inspection conducted by the LLMC and of the report of the KSREC shall be issued to the petitioner on an application made.