S. N. AGGARWAL, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner claim themselves to be Pujaris of Shiv mandir, Y-Block, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi. This Mandir is stated to be built on a plot area of 450 sq. yards. The cause brought by the petitioners before this Court through this writ petition is that the Mandir property is going to be grabbed by certain toughes of the locality who have been impleaded as respondent Nos. 2 to 13 in the present writ petition. The petitioners are stated to have made several complaints regarding grabbing of Mandir property by outsiders to the police of sarojini Nagar and also to the DCP (South West) between 7/4/2004 and 27/4/2004. The grievance of the petitioners is that the police is siding with respondent Nos. 2 to 13 who intend to grab the Mandirproperty and forthat reason the petitioners have prayed for investigation into the matter to be conducted by Special Branch of Delhi police and for initiating criminal proceedings against respondent Nos. 2 to 13.

( 2 ) NOTICE of this writ petition was issued to the respondents and in response thereto, status report has been filed on behalf of respondent No. 1 and a detailed counter affidavit on behalf of respondent Nos. 2 to 13.