IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 22^ND DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023 / 1ST AGRAHAYANA, 1945 WP(C) NO. 3437 OF 2023 PETITIONERS:

1 ANTONY JOSEPH AGED 58 YEARS, S/O JOSEPH, RESIDING AT KUZHUPPILLIL HOUSE, AYYAPPANAKAVU,PACHALAM PO, KOCHI, PIN - 682012

2 TOMY JOSEPH AGED 61 YEARS, S/O P.T.JOSEPH, PUTHUSSERY HOUSE, AMULYA STREET, BANERJI ROAD, KOCHI, PIN - 682018 BY ADVS.

ARUN MATHEW VADAKKAN RESPONDENTS:

1 THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN - 695001

2 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR ERNAKULAM, OFFICE OF DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, CIVIL STATION P.O, KAKKANAD, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, PIN - 682030 3 THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, ERNAKULAM CITY, PARK VIEW, MARINE DRIVE, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 682011

4 THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KOCHI, PIN - 682018

5 MAJOR ARCHDIOCESE OF ERNAKULAM -ANGAMALY, MAJOR ARCHBISHOP'S HOUSE, P.B. NO. 2580, BROADWAY, ERNAKULAM- 682031 REPRESENTED BY MAR ANDREWS THAZHATHU, S/O.ANTHAPPAYI, APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR, ARCHDIOCESE OF ERNAKULAM-ANGAMALY, RESIDING AT CATHOLIC METROPOLITAN ARCH BISHOP'S HOUSE, K