1. This petition is filed seeking for a mandamus to direct the respondents 1 to 3 to take appropriate action against the fourth respondent on the basis of the representation given by the petitioner, dated 25.01.2017 and to give adequate police protection to the petitioner and his family members for enjoying his property.

2. The petitioner submits that he purchased the property along with his wife in the year 1972 and that he is in possession of the property. He further submits that one Divan Mohammed filed a suit against the petitioner in O.S. No. 173 of 2004 before the District Munsif Court, Shenkottai for permanent injunction and the said suit was dismissed. Even the appeal filed by him in A.S. No. 45 of 2007, was dismissed and thereafter, the said Divan Mohammed died in the year 2008 and his legal heirs have prepared a second appeal before this Court in S.A. (MD) No. 176 of 2015. Though the dispute is settled in the Civil Suit, the relatives and friends of said Divan Mohammed namely Umar, Abdul Saleem and his family members are continuously disturbing his peaceful possession by way of trespass into the petitioner's land and by causing damages to the properties. It was ther