JUDGMENT

These two writ petitions are intrinsically connected and hence they are being heard and disposed of together. The facts of the two writ petitions are as follows:

W.P.(C)Nos.18105 of 2020

2. The petitioner is a Company which proposes to establish a particle board manufacturing unit in the 1st respondent Panchayat. On 17.8.2019, they preferred an application under Section 233 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act , 1994 seeking permission for construction of factory and installation of machineries, through the Sanketham e-portal. Hard copy of the application was submitted on 24.8.2019. When no action was taken on the applications, the petitioner submitted a letter on 17.10.2019 before the 2nd respondent claiming that they are entitled to deemed permit under Section 233 (6) of the . It appears that the 1st res