JUDGMENT :

P.B. Suresh Kumar, J.

1. Petitioner obtained during 2003, a licence in Form 20 of the Explosives Rules, 1983 to manufacture 5 Kgs of gun powder and 10 Kgs of fireworks. The said licence was being renewed from time to time, and after the Explosives Rules, 1983 was replaced by the Explosives Rules, 2008(the Rules), the licence was being renewed treating the same as one issued in Form LE-1 of the Explosives Rules, 2008. The latest renewal of the licence was for the period upto 31.03.2016. On 10.02.2016, the petitioner preferred an application for renewal of the licence again and the said application was rejected by the licensing authority namely, the third respondent on 15.03.2017. The petitioner preferred an application for reconsideration of the said order and the said application was rejected by the third respondent as per Ext. P4 order holding that there is no access to the licensed premises for taking vehicles during emergency. The premises of the petitioner does not have vehicular access. As such, when the third respondent insisted that there shall be vehicular access to the licensed premises, the petitioner has furnished before the third respondent, a letter of the adj