JUDGMENT :

S. MANIKUMAR, J.

1. Instant public interest writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs:

(i) Issue a writ of quo warranto and remove the 2nd respondent - M.C.Josephine, Chairperson, Kerala Women's Commission, N.H.47, Thiruvananthapuram, from the office of the Chairperson, Kerala Women's Commission.

(ii) To direct the 1st respondent - State of Kerala, to act on Exhibit- P3 complaint dated 8.6.2020 and initiate proceedings under Section 11 of Kerala Women's Commission Act, 1990, and remove the 2nd respondent from the office of Chairperson, Kerala Women's Commission, by issue of writ of mandamus or such other writ or order or direction;”

2. Shorts facts leading to the filing of the writ petition are as follows:

The grievance of the petitioner is that 2nd respondent, who is the Chairperson of Kerala Women's Commission, has refused to perform the functions bestowed upon her, several times, declaring that the incidents relating to party members of CPl(M) need not be looked into or enquired upon, as the party itself is police and the Court, that the party machinery has methods and procedures to take care of complaints relating to the party members, and in spite of the fact t