R. Basant, Judge.

1. What is the period for which licence under the Kerala Panchayat (Issue of Licence to Dangerous and Offensive Trades and Factories) Rules, 1996 (the Rules hereafter) would have been ordinarily allowed? This is the crucial question arising for consideration in this Writ Petition. To put it better, we feel that the Writ Petition can be disposed of on that question.

2. The petitioner has come to this Court with this petition seeking direction under Art.226 of the Constitution to respondents 1 and 2 to afford police protection to the petitioner to run a M. Sand Processing establishment which is attempted to be obstructed by respondents 3 and 4.

3. According to the petitioner he has all the requisite permits, permission, licences etc. for the running of the M. Sand Processing Unit. His is an industrial establishment. He after getting all the requisite licences/permits had also applied for grant of permit under the Rules. That application filed by him is produced as Ext.P15. To be short on the specific facts we note that this application is dated 23.11.2009. The application is for licence for the period “from 2009”. No specific period is shown. It is a ne