E. Padmanabhan, J.

1. The above batch of writ Appeals are directed against the common order passed by the Honble single Judge in W.P.Nos. 2475, 3673, 4073, 4074, 6809 of 1997 etc. on 8. 97. Pending the Writ Appeals, the above writ petitions have been filed and being identical, hence on the orders of the Court, the writ appeals as well as the writ petitions were consolidated and taken up together for final disposal. The appellants/writ petitioners, allottees of shop in the Corporation Fruit Market, Chennai, challenge the impugned action taken by the Corporation of Chennai terminating their licence and calling upon the licencees to vacate and surrender possession of the respective shops in their occupation. As common questions have been raised in all the above matters, it will be sufficient to refer to the facts in one of the writ petitions. It is also to be pointed out that either the petitioner is an individual or an association representing the individual licencee in the same Corporation fruit market and their pleas are identical in all respects. Common arguments were addressed on behalf of the appellants/writ petitioners. So also on behalf of the contesting respondents.