JUDGMENT :

Vinod Chandran, J.

The above writ petitions, filed at different points of time over a period of one year, essentially challenge the leasing out of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport ('TIA' -this and the other abbreviations made hereafter are followed throughout the judgment, for brevity) as carried out by Airport Authority of India ('AAI'), in pursuance of the policy of the Central Government to bring in Public Private Participation('PPP'). The petitioners are the State of Kerala ('State'), the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation ('KSIDC') and individuals from various walks of life, both on public and private interest, raising grounds, some of which are identical. Another Division Bench found the writ petitions to be not maintainable since the dispute was one between the State and the Government of India ('GoI'), the resolution of which was within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 131 of the Constitution of India. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in a series of Civil Appeals filed by the State and one filed by one of the petitioners, set aside the judgment dated 18.12.2019 of the Division Bench and remitted the matter for consideration