Automatic approval :

If an application is made for the approval of site for construction or extension of the factory and required plans and specifications have been submitted by registered post to the State Government or the Chief Inspector and if no reply is received within three months from the date on which it is sent the application stands automatically approved [Section 6(2)]. Where the rules require the licensing authority to issue a licence on satisfaction of all legal requirements/record reasons for refusal. Licence could not be refused only on a direction from Government (S. Kunju v. Kerala, (1985) 2 LLJ 106).