IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 25TH MARCH 2010 / 4TH CHAITHRA 1932 WP(C).No. 10195 of 2010(Y) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------ JOSEPH ANTONY, MANATHRA PATHINANCHIL, THAYANKARI.P.O., EDATHUA, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. MR.A.JAYASANKAR, MR.MANU GOVIND, SMT.B.MEERA. RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, ALAPPUZHA. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.P.N. SANTHOSH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/03/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. --------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.10195 OF 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 25th day of March, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is seeking for a direction to the respondent to consider Exhibit P1 application filed under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008. 2. The petitioner is an Agriculturist having 1 Acre and 33 cents of land in Survey No.55/1 of Edathua Village in Kuttanad Taluk. There is no residential house for the petitioner and his family and therefore, he has submitted an application as per Exhibit P1 along with relevant documents seeking for permission in the matter. A copy of the proforma report along with recommendation of the Panchayath President is produced as Exhibit P2. It is also submitted that the Village Officer and the Agricultural Officer have furnished their reports in the matter. 3. Even though the application was filed in September 2009, no orders have been passed by the respondent in the matter which has compelled the petitioner to approach this Court W.P.(C) No.10195/2010 2 by filing this writ petition. Heard the learned Government Pleader also. There will be a direction to the respondent to consider Exhibit P1 application in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act 2008, after hearing the petitioner and after considering various reports, and communicate the decision to the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The petitioner will produce a copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition for compliance. This writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp