The Government Pleader, however, maintained that the petitioner was not entitled to a revenue certificate.
He informed the Court that the petitioner was a lessee and the land was leased out to him to operate a granite quarry.
The government counsel added that if the revenue certificate is issued, the plantation land would lose its exempted status under Section 81 (e) of the KLR Act. He asserted that the land in question, which was a coffee plantation, could not be used for any other activity without an order for conversion under the Kerala Land Utilisation Order, 1967.
As per a recent 2012 amendment of the KLR Act, exempted land can be used for non-plantation purposes subject to a maximum of 5% of the total holding, he added.
Source: Barandbench
