On writ petition, the High Court of Kerala directed the Tahsildar and Village Officer to dispose of the petitioner's land tax application within two months due to a discrepancy in land area claimed versus surveyed.
The respondents to dispose of the petitioner's application within two months after notice to the petitioner.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.MUHAMED MUSTAQUE
TUESDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2020 / 29TH MAGHA, 1941
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PETITIONER:
CHANGANAKKATTIL ALI, AGED 54 YEARS, S/O.MOIDEEN, ANANTHAVOOR(PO), PIN-676 301, TIRUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT
BY ADVS. SRI.JAMSHEED HAFIZ SMT.T.S.SREEKUTTY
RESPONDENTS:
1 THE TAHSILDAR, TIRUR, TIRUR BAZAR PO, PIN-673 620, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT.
2 THE VILLAGE OFFICER, ANANTHAVOOR, ANANTHAVOOR P.O, PIN-676 301, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT
BY ADV. SRI.S GOPINATHAN, SR.GP
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18.02.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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JUDGMENT
Dated this the 18th day of February 2020
The petitioner approached this Court seeking the
following reliefs:
“a) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction, directing the respondents to dispose of the Ext.P1 Application on its file within such time as may be pleased by this honourable court.
And
b) Pass any other appropriate order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit to issue and the petitioner may pray from time to time.”
request of the petitioner to accept the land tax in respect of 56 cents of land and after the survey only 37 cents of land is available to accept the land tax.
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application within a period of two months after notice to the petitioner. The request of the petitioner shall be considered for the acceptance of basic tax based on such order.
The writ petition is disposed of as above.
Sd/A.MUHAMED MUSTAQUE JUDGE
akv/ 19.2.2020
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APPENDIX
PETITIONER'S/S EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE TAHSILDAR, TIRUR DATED 23.09.2019
EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE VILLAGE OFFICER, ANANTHAVOOR DATED 23.09.2019 EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE AD CARD FOR APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED 23.09.2019
EXHIBIT P4 A TRUE COY OF THE AD CARD OR APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED 23.09.2019
RESPONDENT'S/S EXHIBITS : NIL.
//TRUE COPY//
P.A. TO JUDGE
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the respondents are directed to dispose of the petitioner's application on land tax within two months.
Changanakkattil Ali
The Tahsildar, Tirur
The Village Officer, Ananthavoor
A.Muhamd Mustaque
As recorded by the court registry
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