Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal remained live after the authority reconsidered and issued a new decision granting the subsidy.
Decisão extraída
The appeal had become moot because the respondent replaced the contested decision with a new decision favorable to the appellants.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 83 LPA-VD, the authority may issue a new decision in lieu of its submissions and, if it grants the requested relief, the court takes note of the ensuing mootness. Here, the respondent recalculated the relevant income and announced a new decision granting a monthly subsidy, thereby satisfying the appeal.