JUDGMENT

The petitioner claims to be a tenant in possession of a building bearing Door No.9/1510 of the 1st respondent Municipality, belonging to the 3rd respondent. According to the petitioner, he has been in possession of the building from 5.11.2012 on a daily rent of Rs.250/-. He claims that he is running an ice cream parlour and snack & tea shop in the building for which purpose, he says, he has purchased and installed a freezer unit, refrigerator, mixer, grinder, a gas stove, furniture, and vessels. The claim of the petitioner is that the business is being conducted under the name and style “Chocolate Cool & Hot”. His allegation in the writ petition is that he is sought to be evicted forcefully from the building by the 3rd respondent in connivance with respondents 1 and 2 and for that purpose, an application for renewal of licence (Ext.P5), submitted by the petitioner has been rejected on the ground that the petitioner has not produced the consent letter from the 3rd respondent. The petitioner relies on the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Sudhakaran v. Corporation of Trivandrum reported in [2016 (3) KLT 247], to contend that no such consent is required as long as a va