Radhakrishnan, Ag. C. J.

The cardinal question to be considered in these cases is whether the second respondent Panchayat has got jurisdiction either to issue or cancel the licence granted to the petitioner for setting up the factory at Kanjikode situated in an industrial area notified as Integrated Industrial Township, Palghat by the Government of Kerala vide SRO No 730/01 issued by notification G.O. 672/2001/AD dated 24.7.2001 in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (f) of Sections 2 and 5 of the Kerala Industrial Single Window Clearance Boards and Industrial Township Area Development Act, 1999 (Act 5 of 2000), in short Development Act.

2. Petitioner is a private limited Company registered under the Companies Act engaged in the manufacture, bottling and sale of soft drinks like Pepsi, Mirinda, Seven Up etc., the factory of which is set up in the industrial area, Kanjikode. The petitioner company had made an application for the issue of licence for setting up of a factory in an industrial area through the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (K.S.I.D.C) to the Single Window Clearance State Board constituted under the Kerala Industrial Single Wind