JUDGMENT

These two writ petitions are connected and therefore, I am disposing of these writ petitions by a common judgment. I will first consider W.P.(C.) No. 16433/2024. The prayers in this writ petition are extracted hereunder :

i. “To issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ order or direction, to call for the entire records culminated in Ext.P16 and to quash the same;

ii. To declare that the petitioner is entitled for deemed renewal of license as per Ext.P12 application since no decision on the application was communicated to the petitioner within 30 days as mandated by Sec.236(3) of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act , 1994;

iii. To declare that renewal of license for the Canteen/Restaurant covered by Ext.P1 and P2 which has been functioning with valid licence for the last 19 years continuously, cannot be denied merely based on a mistaken entry in the Building Tax Assessment Register and that such mistaken entry in the Building Tax Assessment Register cannot be treated as a conclusive proof of the nature of occupancy;

iv. To issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the 4th Respondent to issue license to the petitioner in pa