Question juridique clé
Whether an emolument may be charged to the respondent in a moot administrative proceeding after a new departmental decision
Solution extraite
No. In a proceeding that has become moot because the Department issued a new decision, it is not justified to impose a fee on the respondent.
Motifs extraits
The mootness resulted from the Department's own new decision, so the usual basis for charging the respondent with a fee was lacking.