AR. LAKSHMANAN, Ag. C.J. :- Heard Mr. T. Krishnan Unni for the appellant, Mr. Chandrasekhar for the contesting respondents and the Government Pleader for the other respondents. This writ appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned single Judge in O.P. No. 11968 of 1999 dated 2-6-1999. The appellants are respondent Nos. 12, 13 and 14 in the original petition. The petitioners in the original petition, who are respondents 1 to 3 herein, filed the writ petition to direct respondents 1 and 2 in the original petition to grant the petitioners adequate police protection to enjoy their properties mentioned in Ext. P2 injunction order without any obstruction or interference by respondents 4 to 14.

2. It is submitted by counsel for respondents 1 to 3/ petitioners in the original petition that the refusal by the police to render assistance to enjoy their property is illegal when a Civil Court has passed orders in their favour and that the police has a duty to grant protection to them to enforce the injunction order against the appellants herein and that the appellants have no right to take law in their hands and resort to violence and commit criminal offence. In support of h