IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 9342 of 2009(K)
1. TINTUMON S/O. JOY JOSEPH,
... Petitioner
2. TIBET JOY S/O. JOY JOSEPH,
Vs
1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY
... Respondent
2. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER,
3. THE TAHSILDAR,
4. THE VILLAGE OFFICER,
5. THE CHAIRMAN/THE PANCHAYATH PRESIDENT
6. THE SECRETARY,
7. THE AGRICULTURAL OFFICER/
For Petitioner :SRI.C.R.SIVAKUMAR
For Respondent :SRI.V.G.ARUN
The Hon'ble MR. Justice THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN
Dated :03/06/2009
O R D E R
THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.
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Dated this the 3rd day of June, 2009.
JUDGMENT
1.Service complete. Sixth respondent appears.
Learned Government Pleader appears for
respondents 1 to 4.
2.Petitioners made Exts.P3 and P4 applications
dated 4.10.2008 for conversion of an item of land
under the provisions of the Kerala Conservation
of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008. They also
filed applications dated 16.10.2008 for permit to
construct building. By Exts.P5 and P6, the
requests for building permits were rejected on
the ground that the competent authority has
decided that the petitioners are not entitled to
an order for conversion of land under the
aforesaid Act. There is nothing on record to show
that any order was issued either on Ext.P3 or on
Ext.P4 which are under the aforesaid Act and are
not applications for building permit.
WP(C)9342/09 -: 2 :-
For the aforesaid reasons, the impugned Exts.P5
and P6 are quashed and respondents 5 and 7 are
directed to ensure that the competent committee
decides on Exts.P3 and P4 and issues its decision
thereon in accordance with law at the earliest,
at any rate, within two months. The applications
of the petitioners for building permit will be
taken up by the sixth respondent de novo after
the committee renders such decision. The writ
petition is ordered accordingly.
THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN,
JUDGE.
Sha/050609