P.K. Balasubramanyan, J.

1. The appellants in this appeal are not parties to O.P.No.24730 of 1999 filed before this court by respondent No.l herein. The Appellants sought for and obtained permission of this court as per order in C.M.P.No.6150 of 1999 to appeal against the judgment in O.P.No.24730 of 1999.

2. The first respondent herein filed the Original Petition impleading the Circle Inspector of Police and the Sub Inspector of Police, Neyyattinkara and one Rajesh, described as Convenor of Left Democratic Front Election Committee. The prayer in the Original Petition was for issue a writ of mandamus directing the police officers to provide adequate and effective police protection to the life of the petitioner and her family members to have free ingrees to and egress from the property having an extent of 5 cents in survey No. 167/57 l(R.S.No.125.6) of Kunnathukal Village. The first respondent herein, did not disclose in the Original Petition, what exactly was her tital over the property or the transaction on the basis of which she was claiming right and possession over the property. She averred that she had given permission to the third respondent in the Original Petition to p