N. ANIL KUMAR, J.

The petitioners have filed this writ petition praying for a direction to respondents 4 to 6 to provide effective police protection to the life and property of the petitioners and to ensure that there are no auto rickshaws parked in front of the building and from the illegal obstructions from respondents 9 to 12 and their men by resisting the free ingress and egress of the petitoners' shop rooms and houses with building Nos. T.P.IX/561, T.P.IX/563, T.P.IX/751 to 753, T.P.IX/566, T.P.IX/369 and 569, T.P.IX/568 and 570 and also to direct respondents 4 to 8 to take appropriate action upon Exts.P11 to P15 complaints filed by the petitioners.

2. Respondents 9 to 12 are the drivers/owners of auto rickshaws parking in front of the petitioners' shop rooms and buildings. It is alleged that the regular parking of auto rickshaws by respondent 9 to 12 are causing obstruction to the free ingress and egress to their shops and houses from the road. Hence the petitioners filed Ext.P10 complaint before respondents 3 to 8 for the removal of illegal parking of auto rickshaws by respondents 9 to 12 in front of petitioners' shop rooms and houses, virtually blocking free ingress