Partly allowed
Jamsheer V.P. v. the State of Kerala
Kerala HCWP(C)/25325/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
A batch of writ petitions by Oil Marketing Companies and franchisees challenged Kerala PWD guidelines for access permission to fuel stations and rejection of NOCs under Rule 144 of the Petroleum Rules, 2002 based on those guidelines. The Court held District Authorities cannot rely on executive guidelines in the NOC process, quashed the guideline Government Orders, and set aside NOC rejections base
What did the court decide?
Ext.P2 and Ext.P4 Government Orders and guidelines set aside; NOC rejections based on them quashed; NOC applications to be reconsidered within two months; writs challenging NOC grants dismissed.