Jagannadha Rao, C.J.

This is an appeal preferred by respondents Nos. 4 and 5 in the writ petition. The writ petitioner is the first respondent. In the writ petition, the relief claimed was for grant of police protection by issue of a writ of mandamus against respondents Nos.1 to 3. The petitioner also sought protection to its workers for carrying out the loading and unloading work in the factory of the petitioner at Brahmapuram, and for a direction for removal of all obstructions caused by the appellants and their followers in that behalf.

The writ petitioner has its registered office at Tripunithura and its factory at Brahmapuram. In the factory craft paper is manufactured, there are 32 workers in the factory, and there are four staffs in the establishment. The above said workers are attending to all work in the factory, including loading and unloading of raw materials and finished goods. The raw materials are waste paper, chemicals and firewood. The waste paper bundles, chemicals and firewood are reaching the factory compound in lorries and vans and finished goods, paper reels are loaded into the vehicles. The production in the factory began in August 1984, and it is th