Summarize the following court judgment. Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 2939 of 1978. Appeal from the Judgment and order dated 4 10 1978 of the Gujarat High Court in Special Civil Application No. 1174 of 1977. M. V. Gowswami for the Petitioner. P. M. Raval	 P. H. Parekh	 C. B. Singh and M. Mudgal for the Respondent. 339 The order or the Court was delivered by KRISHNA IYER	 J. The petitioner 's counsel	 in his fighting submission	 argues that his client 's fundamental right to a licence for a meat shop has been flouted by the little Limdi Municipality	 founding himself on a decision of this Court in Mohd. Faruk	 vs M. P. State(1). That decision hardly helps. There a byelaw was challenged as violative of Art 19(1)(g). Here there is no law whatever which bans the grant of meat licences. Indeed	 there are three other licensed meat stalls and the petitioner himself had a meat licence in a shop leased to him by the same Municipality earlier which by efflux of time had expired. The law vests a discretion to he reasonably exercised in the content of citizen 's fundamental right. The ground on which the Municipal body has refused licence here is not irrelevant and cannot be described as unreasonable within the meaning of article 19(6) of the Constitution. The bye laws permit the municipality	 as the licensing authority	 to grant or to refuse licences. No butcher	 baker or circus manager can say that he has the	 unqualified right to get a licence on mere application. It is open to the licensing council indeed	 is obligatory on its part to take note of all relevant circumstances and then decide whether	 in the particular spot chosen by the particular applicant" a licence should be granted. Various factors enter the verdict and the local authorities are the best judge of these factual factors	 not the court	 especially this Court sitting at the third tier. The	 Limdi Municipality is stated to be a small one with a population of around 25000. It is admitted that there are three licensed meat vendors including one who is the father of the petitioner. The claim of the petitioner is for a fourth licence. It is quite conceivable that the fourth may be supernumerary. It is quite understandable that the municipality may think that it is not reasonable to grant licence to the same person or one for the father and another for the son. Moreover	 we cannot dismiss as irrelevant or obnoxious the consideration the strong feelings of the local people resulting in law and order problems. The proximity to schools	 public institutions and also residents of the locality plus the reaction or impact on those institutions and residents maybe germane from peace keeping and welfare oriented view points. We agree that local bodies should not succumb to religious susceptibilities or fanatical sentiments in secular India and refuse licences where fundamental rights have to be respected. Even so	 in the	 totality of circumstances present in the present case	 it is not possible for us to postulate that there has been an abuse of discretion or a perverse use of power. In this view	 we decline to interfere. Certainly	 the munici (1) [1978] I SCR 156. 340 pal authority will take care to be alert and alive to the fundamental right of citizens and not refuse licences merely scared by mob sentiment or panicked by religious reaction. In the instant case there is a composite lease cum cum lease of a meat shop and licence for carrying on trade in mutton. There is no obligation on the part of the municipality to grant a lease of its property to any one who asks for it merely for the asking. Granting a lease solely because some one offers a large donation to the municipality. as nearly happened here	 may not be correct	 which this local body will note. If the refusal of the lease or its renewal cannot be faulted	 the question of grant of the licence does not arise. In this view also we ( find it difficult to accede to the argument of the petitioner. We agree that municipal discretion should be exercised rationally	 not religiously nor ritually	 but we also realize that judicial discretion should go into anxiously	 not impetuously nor in disregard of the pragmatic guideline that local authorities are the best judges of local conditions. Of course	 if irrelevant criteria or perverse application vitate the decision courts will guardian the rule of law against little tyrants trampling over people 's rights or local factions fouling the council 's verdict. The Special Leave Petition is	 therefore	 dismissed.

Dismissing the special leave petition	 the Court	 ^ HELD: 1. No butcher	 baker or circus manager can say that he has the unqualified right to get a licence on mere application. It is open to the licencing Council Indeed	 is obligatory on its part to take note of all relevant circumstances and then decide whether	 in the particular spot chosen by the particular applicant	 a licence should be granted or not. [339C D] 2. Various factors enter the verdict and the local authorities are the best judge of the factual factors	 not the Court especially	 the Supreme Court at the third tier The factual factors may be many	 like the proximity to schools	 public institutions and also residents of the locality plus the reaction or impact on those institutions and residents	 the unreasonableness to grant licence to the same person or one for the father and another for the son	 the need for an extra shop	 other considerations which are germane from peace keeping and welfare oriented view points etc. Certainly granting a lease solely because someone offers a large donation to the Municipality may not be correct. [339D. G	 340B] 3. No doubt Municipal discretion should be exercised rationally	 not religiously nor ritually and judicial discretion should go into anxiously	 not impetuously nor in disregard of the pragmatic guideline that local authorities are the best judges of local conditions. Of course	 if irrelevant criteria or perverse application vitiate the decision	 courts will guardian the rule of law against little tyrants trampling over people 's rights or local factions fouling the council s verdict. [340C D] In the instant case	 the ground on which the Municipal body	 has refused licence is not irrelevant and cannot be described as unreasonable within the meaning of article 19(6) of the constitution. [339C] Mohd. Faruk vs M. P. State	 ; ; inapplicable.