JUDGMENT

1. This Writ Petition was filed on 06.06.2016 by one Radha K., seeking a declaration that the Petitioner is entitled to have the license for running the railway canteen at Alappuzha Railway Station renewed from 01.07.2016 onwards and for other reliefs. Originally, the contract for the railway canteen was given to the husband of the Petitioner, Sri.A.Subramania Iyer. On the death of Sri.A.Subramania Iyer, the Petitioner continued the said contract.

2. This Court admitted the Writ Petition and granted an interim Order on 07.06.2016 staying all proceedings to terminate the license of the Petitioner for running the said railway canteen. The said Radha K. died on 16.09.2018, and the son of said Radha is impleaded as additional Petitioner as per the Order dated 31.10.2018 in I.A. No. 1 of 2018.

3. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submitted that the canteen has not been functioning since the year 2019 as the license was not renewed in the name of the additional Petitioner. The learned Standing Counsel for the Respondent No.1 submitted that, on account of the interim order in this Writ Petition, the said canteen was not allotted to anybody else. Learned Counsel for the Petitio