Kerala HC Set Aside Building Permit Denial as Conversion Was Permitted

P.P. Manoj Kumar Vs Secretary Thalassery Municipality (Kerala High Court) The petitioner, a resident of Thalassery in Kannur District, filed a writ petition before the Kerala High Court challenging the action of the Thalassery Municipality in returning his application for a building permit for constructing a residential building. The petitioner stated that he owned property within the Thalassery Municipality, as evidenced by a document dated 2016. When he applied for a building permit to construct a residential building on the property, the Municipality returned the application through a commu...