JUDGMENT :

Ext.P13 order rejecting the application of the petitioner for renewal of licence for sawmill/other wood industries is under challenge in this Writ Petition.

2. The petitioner claims that she has been conducting a sawmill under the name and style of ‘Nidhi Wood Industries'. According to her, the said unit was purchased by her from the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC) as per Ext.P1 certificate in an auction conducted by the KFC. She claimed that the industrial unit purchased by her in auction was being conducted in the name and style of ‘M/s.Winsor Saw Mill in Panavoor Grama Panchayat from 1995-96 onwards and on the basis of purchase by her on 27.2.2009 from the KFC, she submitted Ext.P2 application on 21.10.2010 for licence for running the sawmill, in the name of Nidhi Wood Industries. It is stated that the Pollution Control Board had granted her consent to establish M/s.Nidhi Wood Industries as per Ext.P3 letter dated 07.11.2009. She had submitted Ext.P4 application for No Objection Certificate from the Chief Conservator of Forest on 14.9.2010. It is stated that as per Ext.P5 letter dated 24.01.2011 the Chief Conservator of Forest had acknowledged receipt of Ext.P4 appli