Partly allowed
Divya A.A. v. Additional District Magistrate
Kerala HCWP(C)/13235/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Oil marketing companies and franchisees challenged Kerala Government Orders imposing access-permission guidelines for fuel stations and the rejection of NOCs based on them. The Court held District Authorities cannot reject NOCs under Rule 144 for non-compliance with those guidelines, quashed the guideline orders as arbitrary, and directed reconsideration.
What did the court decide?
Ext.P2 and P4 G.Os and guidelines set aside; NOC rejections based on them quashed; PWD NOC conditions declared void; reconsideration within two months; some petitions dismissed.