1. By consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the Writ Petition itself is taken up for disposal.

2. Whether prohibition of running a restaurant, permitting using tobacco products, such as "Hookah" in the residential locality, is justified and in accordance with law ? is the important question, to be decided in this Writ Petition.

3. The petitioner-restaurant has sought to forbear the respondents from in any way interfering with the business at Robustaa Restaurant at No.24/67, Halls Road, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010, pursuant to the licence granted by the first respondent in Licence Code No.K070071590/2010-2011, dated 23.3.2011.

4. According to the petitioner, the restaurant was started in January 2011. The petitioner applied for licence before the first respondent and it was granted to the petitioner in Licence Code No. K070071590 in its order dated 8.2.2011 and the licence was valid upto 31.3.2011 and the petitioner also paid the necessary licence fee of Rs.12,650/- to start the restaurant, namely for vegetarian food like Italian with Indian Fillings (Pizza, Pastam etc.), Indian Starters and Rices, Coolers , Coffees, Shakes and Deserts, Sandwiches and mor