Partly allowed
Ashokan a v. the State of Kerala
Kerala HCWP(C)/15710/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Oil marketing companies and franchisees challenged Kerala's access-permission guidelines for fuel stations along state highways and district roads. The court held District Authorities cannot refuse petroleum NOCs based on those guidelines, that mere executive approval of guidelines lacks statutory force, and that framing them without stakeholder consultation was arbitrary. Set aside the guidelines
What did the court decide?
Exts.P2 and P4 guidelines and NOC rejection orders set aside; PWD-NOC conditions declared void; NOC applications to be reconsidered under the Petroleum Rules within two months; twelve writs challengin