K.M. Joseph, J.

1. In these batch of writ petitions certain common questions arise and we deem it appropriate to dispose of the cases by the following common judgment.

2. Petitioners are either service providers or infrastructure providers or agreement holders with the infrastructure holders. The controversy arises on account of obstruction to the construction of mobile towers and in many cases, obstruction to construction of towers for their operation and they seek police protection to aid them.

3. This issue had engaged the attention of this Court earlier. Divergent views were expressed by this Court in the decision in Reliance Infocom Ltd. v. Chemanchery Grama Panchayat (2006 (4) KLT 695) (hereinafter referred to as the "Reliance case"), Essar Telecom Infrastructure (P) Ltd. v. Circle Inspector Of Police (2008 (4) KLT 713) and Dishnet Wireless Limited v. Circular Inspector of Police (2009 (1) KHC 781). On noticing the divergent views, a Division Bench of this Court referred the following two questions to the Full Bench:

"(1) Whether the construction of a Mobile Base Station by itself will give rise to a dispute of civil nature, merely for the reason that a section of