As per case facts, George Elias and Associates, engaged in road works, sought a license from Kalloorkad Panchayat for a Hot Mix Plant. After the Panchayat rejected their application despite ... obtaining a 'Consent to Establish' from the State Pollution Control Board and an Acknowledgement Certificate under the Kerala MSME Act, they filed writ petitions challenging the refusal and seeking a declaration that a Panchayat license was unnecessary due to the MSME Act certificate. The Single Judge and Division Bench upheld that the plant was portable and Panchayat permission was formal, but the objectors appealed. The question arose whether a self-certification under the Kerala MSME Act is sufficient for setting up a Hot Mix Plant, thereby overriding the requirement for permission from the local Panchayat under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, given the undertaking to comply with Panchayat rules. Finally, the Supreme Court held that the Acknowledgement Certificate obtained under the Kerala MSME Act has an overriding effect on the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. It clarified that since consent was already obtained from the Pollution Control Board, the environmental protection aspect was addressed, and the rules framed under the Act cannot annul the effect of statutory provisions. Therefore, the writ petitioners are entitled to set up the plant without requiring further permission from the Panchayat.