Key legal question
Whether the prefect could declare the building permits caducous ex officio despite no request for revocation
Extracted holding
The prefect lacked authority to revoke the permits ex officio; under cantonal law revocation required a request by the commune or the Direction.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 178 LATeC allowed revocation only upon request. The commune had merely given a negative opinion under the extension procedure, not a revocation request. The cantonal court was arbitrary in upholding the revocation.