Mayadunne Corea, J.

The Petitioner seeks, inter alia, the following reliefs:

“b) Grant and issue a mandate in the nature of a Writ of Certiorari quashing the decision of the 01^st to 08^th Respondents to grant a liquor license to 09^th Respondent to run a liquor shop in the Sathosa building in question or to renew the liquor license of the 09^th Respondent to run a liquor shop in the said Sathosa building in question as contained in the document marked P30.

c) Grant and issue a mandate in the nature of a Writ of Prohibition preventing the 01^st to 08^th Respondents from issuing and or renewing a liquor license to the 09^th Respondent periodically to run a liquor shop in the said Sathosa building in question.

d) Grant and issue a mandate in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the 01^st to 08^th Respondents to hold a proper and impartial inquiry into the complaints and objections made by the Petitioners against the issuing or renewing of the liquor license to the 09^th Respondent to run a liquor shop in the said Sathosa building in question.”

The facts of the case briefly are as follows. The 9^th Respondent had made an application to the 1^st Respondent to obtain a liquor license on 23.04.2021.