A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.

These Appeals have been preferred by the State of Kerala, as also the Chief Town Planner, aggrieved by the judgments of the learned single Judge in the W.P. (C) Nos.30567 of 2014, 11097 of 2016, 614 of 2017, 9482 of 2016, 9109 of 2016 and 1483 of 2017 respectively. The common contention raised in these Appeals is with regard to the propriety of the directions issued by the learned single Judges concerned, to consider the application for building permits submitted by the writ petitioners in accordance with the provisions of the Kerala Municipality Building Rules, 1999, by ignoring the objection that was raised by the respective Municipalities with regard to the proposed construction offending the Zoning Regulations that existed under the various District Town Planning (DTP) Schemes that were in force.

2. The common thread that runs through the averments in all these Writ Petitions is that the writ petitioners had preferred applications for building permit before the respective local authorities, and the same came to be rejected by the local authorities concerned inter alia on the ground that the proposed construction was on land where the said c