IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 30TH MARCH 2010 / 9TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 11018 of 2010(B) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- PREMJI PAUL VAZHAPPILLY, VAZHAPPILLY HOUSE, CHIRANALLUR P.O., KECHERY, THRISSUR DT. BY ADV. MR.B.V.JOY SANKER. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR. 3. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SURVEY, THRISSUR. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, VADAKKANCHERRY, THRISSUR. 5. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, CHIRANELLUR VILLAGE, THRISSUR DT. R1 TO R5 BY GOVT. PLEADER MR. P. NARAYANAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/03/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No. 11018 of 2010-B - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 30th day of March, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner is the registered owner of 38 cents of land in Sy. Nos.1041/1, 1042/1 and 1042/2 of Chiranellur Village, Thrissur District. He was issued with a notice under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy land and Wet land Act, 2008 as per Ext.P1. 2. According to the petitioner, he is only intending to cultivate the property with tapioca. The Village Officer’s report is produced as Ext.P2, wherein it is clearly mentioned that the property is not a paddy field and there was no cultivation for the last so many years. It is also evident that the property is surrounded by homesteads. Exts.P3 and P4 are questions submitted by the petitioner under the Right to Information Act for getting some answers regarding the property. According to the petitioner, the matter will not come within the purview of the Act of 2008. The petitioner has also filed an application for surveying the land since the boundaries were not clearly marked. 3. It is up to the second respondent to take a decision after hearing the matter. There will be a direction to the second respondent to consider wpc11018 /2010 2 various aspects including the report of the Village Officer and take a decision in the matter after hearing the petitioner, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/