Mata Amritanandamayi Math, v. State of Kerala,Represented by Its
Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 – S.2(xvA)
Case brief
What is this about?
Mata Amritanandamayi Math v. State of Kerala & Others, 2025:KER:23838, WP(C) No. 3839 of 2025, High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam, decided 20.03.2025 by Ziyad Rahman A.A. J. (single judge, delivered on the day of admission). Time-bound directions for disposal of a Form 7 application (Ext.P2, dated 11.03.2024) concerning land in Sy.Nos.27/39, 29/33, 33/71 (Block 001), Chelavoor Village, Kozhikode, wrongly recorded as 'Nanja' though absent from the Data Bank; report by Village Officer and decision by RDO/authorized officer under Section 2(xvA), Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008. Related exhibit: Ext.P3, judgment dated 29.07.2022 in WP(C) No. 18879 of 2022.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed with time-bound directions: (i) the 3rd respondent (Village Officer) to forward a report on the nature of the petitioner's property to the 2nd respondent (Revenue Divisional Officer) or the authorized officer under Section 2(xvA) of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 within one month from receipt of a copy of the judgment; and (ii) the 2nd respondent/authorized officer to take up Ext.P2 (Form 7 application) and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within one month from receipt of the report.