JUDGMENT

The above Writ Petition (C) is filed with the following prayers:

"(i) call for the records leading to the passing of Ext.P5 by the respondent Municipality and quash the same by the issue of a writ of certiorari or other appropriate writ, order or direction;

(ii) call for the records leading to the passing of Ext.P8 order by the Tribunal for Local Self Government Institutions, Thiruvananthapuram and set aside the same;

(iii) issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent Municipality not to interfere with the functioning of the petitioner's shop which is his only source of livelihood;

(iv) issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent Municipality to take appropriate steps to regularize the so called unauthorized construction after receiving the prescribed compounding fee from the petitioner; and (v) issue such other writ, order or direction as this honourable court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case."

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2. When this Writ Petition came up for consideration, the counsel app