1. W.P.(C)No.30294 of 2017:-The petitioners, who are residents of Perumpuzha (Ward No. 20 of Elampallur Panchayat) in Kollam District have approached this Court in this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 to 4 to see that the Foreign Liquor 1 Shop (for brevity, 'FL-1 Shop') of the 5th respondent Kerala State Beverages Corporation (for brevity, Beverages Corporation') is stopped forthwith. The petitioners have also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding the rd respondent Deputy Commissioner of Excise to measure the distance from the gate/entrance of the Scheduled Caste colony to the gate of the FL-1 Shop run by the 5th respondent and to ensure that the said shop is closed down forthwith. The further relief sought for is a writ of mandamus commanding the 3rd respondent to consider Ext.P9 representation dated 15/09/2017 submitted by the petitioners and take appropriate action against the 5th respondent for conducting the FL-1 Shop in Perumpuzha, after hearing the petitioners, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. The reliefs sought for in the writ petition are opposed by the 3rd