P.S. Gopinathan, J.

The writ appeal is preferred by respondents 5 and 6 in the writ petition against an order extending the interim order granted in favour of the first respondent, who is the petitioner in the writ petition, after declining the request of the appellants to hear the writ petition and to vacate the interim order. (Hereinafter, the parties are referred to as arrayed in the writ petition. The documents are also referred to as produced in the writ petition).

2. The brief facts leading to the writ petition is as follows: Ext.P1 FL-3 licence was granted in favour of one P.J. Paul on 21.2.1984 for the following financial year. It was renewed from year to year. For the year 1994-95 it was transferred in favour of one P.J. Ajay Ghosh, managing partner of a hotel. Thereafter, it was transferred to the petitioner firm in the name of V.K. Ashokan, the then managing partner. While so, Sri. E. Satheeshkumar, the husband of the 5th respondent and father of the 6th respondent was inducted as a partner of the firm. Satheeshkumar met with an accident on 25.6.2004 and succumbed to the injuries. The remaining partners, on the death of Satheeshkumar, re-constituted the firm aft