Shaffique, J.

1. These writ petitions, except W.P(C) No. 6675/2014, are filed for a direction to provide adequate police protection for putting up mobile telecommunication towers (hereinafter referred as 'MT Towers') for facilitating mobile telecommunication services. W.P(C) No. 6675/2014 is filed by a private party, who is a resident in a location where M.T. Tower is proposed to be installed. He seeks for a direction to the Kerala State Pollution Control Board and Shornur Municipality to take effective measures to stop erection of M.T. Tower. Since the issues involved in these writ petitions are substantially the same, these writ petitions are decided by a common judgment.

2. Some of the petitioners are Telecommunication service providers who have valid license from the Ministry of Communications and IT Department, Government of India. Some of the petitioners are companies involved in the business of providing infrastructural development and construction of MT Towers for Telecommunication service providers who have valid license from the Ministry. They have taken contracts from mobile service providers to put up MT Towers after acquiring land either by way of purchase or