Partly allowed
Jithin Babu, v. State of Kerala
Kerala HCWP(C)/12365/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Oil marketing companies and franchisees challenged Kerala government orders prescribing access-permission guidelines for fuel stations on State Highways and Major District Roads, and District Authorities' refusals of NOCs based on them. The Court held District Authorities cannot reject NOC applications under Rule 144 for non-compliance with those guidelines, and struck down the guidelines as arbit
What did the court decide?
Exts.P2 and P4 government orders and the access permission guidelines set aside; District Authorities' NOC rejections set aside; PWD NOC condition declared void; NOC applications to be reconsidered wi