( 1 ) THESE two writ petitions are filed by the Toddy Tappers co-operative Societies. The licences issued to the petitioners-societies were suspended by the competent authority, pending further enquiry into the allegation that the petitioners adulterated toddy that was being sold in their shops. However, after obtaining the chemical analysis report of the second sample bottle, the licensing authority issued proceedings revoking the suspension order. Therefore, the petitioners approached the authority for granting remission of the monthly rentals for the period during which the licences were suspended, in vain. Therefore, they filed the present writ petitions seeking a direction to the respondent to grant remission for the period during which their shops were not allowed to be operated due to suspension orders.

( 2 ) LEARNED Counsel for the petitioners placed strong reliance on the judgment of the learned Single Judge rendered by my learned brother Justice V. Eswaraiah, in kallam Subba Reddy v. Government of andhra Pradesh, 2000 (1) ALD 282. In the said judgment his Lordship took a view that if the order of suspension is subsequently declared illegal and the authorities rectified th

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