JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. To issue writ of certiorari or order or direction or any other appropriate writ quashing Exhibit-P5;

ii. Declare that the petitioner cannot be deprived of running the restaurant in building No. 5-313/3 of North Paravur Municipality merely because the 4th and 5th respondents withheld their consent;

iii. To dispense with the translation of the documents in vernacular language;

iv. Such other relief that this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

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2. Petitioner is running a restaurant under the name and style ‘Majlis’ in a building bearing No.5-313/3 of North Paravur Municipality. According to the petitioner, he is having a valid licence from the Municipality till 31.03.2025. Respondents 4 and 5 are the landlords. There was some dispute between the petitioner and the landlords. Consequently, when the petitioner submitted an application for renewal of licence, Ext.P5 is issued by the Municipality stating that consent from the landlord is necessary. At that stage, this writ petition is filed.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the Municipa