Jasmine S v. the Tahsildar
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 27A Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act 2008 | proviso to sub-section (3) fee exemption where land not wet land | removal from data bank Ext.P4 RDO order 15.06.2022 | change of user / BTR change application Form No.9 to RDO | Kerala Land Tax Act 1961 land tax assessment Ext.P5 Tahsildar | writ disposed with time-bound directions (three weeks / four weeks)
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of directing the petitioner to file an appropriate application under Section 27A (Form No.9) within three weeks, without payment of the prescribed fee (property admittedly not wet land, per proviso to S.27A(3)); RDO to act thereon and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law within a further four weeks; Tahsildar to consider and pass orders on Ext.P5 in tune with the RDO/competent authority's orders.