JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent praying to set aside the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.1434 of 2015 dated 20.04.2016.)

P.B. Balaji, J.

1. The statutory respondents being aggrieved by the order dated 20.04.2016 in W.P.No.1434 of 2015, have preferred the present Writ Appeal.

2. The parties are arrayed as per their rank in the Writ Petition. Since the petitioner died their legal heirs are brought as respondents in the present Writ Appeal.

3. In order to appreciate the case before us, it would be appropriate to briefly narrate the facts of the case before the Writ Court.

4. The respondent herein as petitioner filed W.P.No.1434 of 2015 seeking to quash the proceedings dated 22.12.2014 on the file of the 1st appellant herein and to consequently direct the 3rd appellant herein to refund the excess privilege amount collected from the respondent herein and to collect only the privilege fee applicable for non-star status hotels in respect of license in FL3-No.1/2004-2005.

5. The case of the petitioner in the Writ Petition was that he commenced a hotel in the name and style of Hotel Golden Palace situated at Trichy Road, Namakkal. The petitioner had obtained t