Ashok Bhushan, J.

1. The above four writ petitions praying for police protection had been heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

2. First two writ petitions have been filed by petitioners who are owners of lorries which are hired by quarry owners for the purpose of transportation of rocks and other materials from the quarry site. Third and fourth writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners who themselves are quarry owners quarrying rocks and other materials which are being transported by lorries. The facts of W.P.(C) No.8672 of 2014 are noted in detail, which shall be sufficient for deciding all these writ petitions.

3. W.P.(C) No.8672 of 2014 has been filed by three petitioners who claimed to be members of All Kerala Lorry Owners Association. Second petitioner claims to be the President of the Association. The Association owns several lorries which have been hired by various people including the quarry owners situated in Mookkunnimala, Thiruvananthapuram. There are only two access roads to reach Mookkunnimala; they are Edakode - Mookkunnimala and Malayam-Mookkunnimala. Objections were raised, by the people residing nearby the quarries, against t