JUDGMENT :

T.R. RAVI, J.

1. As the issues involved in both these writ petitions are inter-related and as the petitioner in W.P. (C) No. 41834 of 2018 is the 1st petitioner in W.P. (C) No. 33060 of 2017, the writ petitions are heard and disposed of together. The 2nd petitioner in W.P. (C) No. 33060 of 2017 is the father of the 1st petitioner. The petitioners are agriculturists. They own 1 Acre 19 cents of kole land in Sy. Nos. 842 and 843/5 and 6 of Thottipal Village, Mukundapuram Taluk. The paddy land is located in a large padasekharam. The irrigation activities of the area were being monitored by one Committee, the representatives of which are impleaded as respondents 4 and 5 in W.P. (C) No. 33060 of 2017. The 7th respondent (Parappookkara Grama Panchayat) in W.P. (C) No. 33060 of 2017 is the 1st respondent in W.P. (C) No. 41834 of 2018. There is a public irrigation canal in the area. The petitioners submit that they cannot irrigate their lands with the water from the said canal, since their land is situated at a higher level. The petitioners have detailed the manner in which the water for the irrigation is brought through the canal from the Peechi Dam and the various activities whi