Partly allowed
Unnikrishnan v. the District Collector
Kerala HCWP(C)/15228/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Oil marketing companies and franchisees challenged Kerala government orders prescribing access permission guidelines for fuel stations and District Authorities' rejection of NOC applications based on them. The Court held District Authorities under Rule 144 cannot rely on the guidelines, which are mere guidelines lacking statutory force, and that framing them without stakeholder consultation was ar
What did the court decide?
Exts.P2 and P4 G.O.s and guidelines set aside; District Authority NOC rejections set aside; PWD-NOC condition declared void; NOC applications to be reconsidered within two months; petitions challengin