Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal judge could treat the administrative appeal as moot after the municipality withdrew its decision.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Once the challenged order was withdrawn, it no longer existed and the appeal lost its object; the judge properly struck the case from the docket and decided costs and expenses.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 52(2) LJPA the authority may withdraw its decision during appeal; the effect is that the challenged act ceases to exist. The recourse on abuse of good faith failed because the municipality spontaneously removed a decision unfavorable to the appellants, and the judge's application of Art. 52 LJPA was not untenable.