The petitioner has approached this Court on account of Ext.P3 stop memo issued by the District Collector, Palakkad. The petitioner submits that he has valid permit to manufacture country bricks. The petitioner relies on Ext.P2 acknowledgment. Ext.P3 is the stop memo issued by the District Collector, wherein it is stated that the petitioner is illegally reclaiming paddy land in contraventions of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”). The petitioner submitted Ext.P4 application before the District Collector. The petitioner has a case that this is not a paddy or wet land in terms of the Act.
W.P.(C) No.27052 of 2014 2 I am of the view that the petitioner shall raise his objection before the District Collector on Ext.P3 stop memo. This shall be done within one week from today. Based on the objection as above, the proceedings in Ext.P3 shall be finalised within a further period of two weeks after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.
The writ petition is disposed of as above.
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A.MUHAMED MUSTAQUE, JUDGE ln