JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

“i) to issue a Writ of Certiorari or such other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing Ext. P5 Order No. SC1- 8769/222 dated 2-12-2022 issued by the 3^rd respondent as it is arbitrary and illegal;

ii) to issue a Writ of Mandamus or order or direction to the 3^rd respondent to renew D & O licenses to business in the petitioner’s shop rooms since the businesses have been conducting from 2018 onwards and taxes are being collected even on 20-09-2022;

iii) to declare that the petitioner is entitled to carry on the business since the businesses are legal in the respective shop rooms and in accordance with the D & O licenses;

iv) to issue such other appropriate Writ, Order or direction as is deemed just and necessary in the circumstances of the case.

v) It is humbly prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to dispense with filing of the translation of vernacular documents.”[SIC]

2. The petitioner filed the Writ Petition originally challenging Ext.P5 order passed by the 3^rd respondent stating that the proceedings of Section 235 W of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 will be initiated. According to the petitioner, th