This writ petition W.P.(C)No.2570/2015, though filed later, requires primary adjudication since the petitioners therein have the grievance that they have been evicted with police force, without recourse to due process of law. On the other hand, W.P.(C)No.35461/2014, filed earlier, ventilates the grievance of the petitioners therein, who are said to be the residents of the Grama Panchayat, that the Grama Panchayat has been frittering away its property without observing any statutory safeguards. Since the issues are inter-connected, this Court disposes of both writ petitions through a common judgment.

2. Before adverting to the facts of the matter, some of which are hardly disputed, this Court is constrained to observe that this is a classic case of official apathy, regrettably, leading to loss of faith in the Local Self Government; and also gross abuse of position vis-a-vis the public property. The saying goes: If it is the property of many, it is not the concern of any.

3. Briefly stated, the petitioners, eight in number, are said to be the tenants of the respondent Grama Panchayat. The first petitioner, apart from representing himself, also represents his brother, who is als