JUDGMENT

The petitioner is stated to be an association of private bus transport operators owning and operating private buses. The petitioner contends that for the benefit of its members, it established a petroleum outlet – consumer pump within the jurisdiction of the respondent Municipality. The petitioner contends that the respondent Municipality has issued a stop memo -Ext.P4, followed with Ext.P5, informing that unless and until a licence in accordance with the provisions of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (for short’ ‘the Act’) and the Rules thereunder, and the Schedule under the provisions of Section 447 is obtained, the petitioner would not be entitled to continue with the outlet as above. It is seeking to challenge Exts.P4 and P5 issued as above, that the captioned writ petition has been filed.

2. Heard Sri.E.K.Nandakumar, the learned Senior Counsel instructed by Smt.Akhila Nambiar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as Sri.Ajit Joy, the learned Standing Couns