rules 3 & 11 of the Rules, 2019 and Sections 235A, 235B & 235W of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 dealing with building rules and the building constructions. The building rules are constituted under section 235A by the State Government for the regulation or restriction of the use of sites for the construction of building and for the regulation and restriction of building construction. Section 235B of Act, 1994 specifies that, no part of the land shall be used as a site for the construction of a building and no building shall be constructed or reconstructed otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 21 dealing with buildings and of any rules or bye-laws made under the Act, 1994 relating to the use of building sites or the construction or reconstruction of buildings. Rules, 2019 are made by the State Government to regulate the construction of buildings within the Panchayat areas and as per which, no building construction can be carried out without securing a permit, which is an imperative of rules 3 & 4 of Rules, 2019. While rule 3 specifies that the Building Rules, 2019, shall apply to any public or private building newly erected, altered etc. Rule 4 deals with essentiality of permit whereby the development or re-development of any parcel of land into the plots or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a permit for each such development or redevelopment from the Secretary and no person shall construct or reconstruct or make addition or extension or alteration to any building or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a building permit for each such work from the
