JUDGMENT

The petitioners are conducting business establishments within the 1^st respondent – Municipality. The respondents 5 to 8 are trade unions, whose members are operating auto-rickshaws within the 1^st respondent. The auto-rickshaw drivers are indiscriminately parking their vehicles in front of the petitioners’ establishments and causing obstructions to their free ingress and egress. Although the petitioners have submitted Ext.P3 representation before the 1^st respondent on 31.12.2024, no action has been taken on the same. The inaction on the part of the respondent is illegal and arbitrary. Hence, the writ petition.

2. Heard; the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents 1 and 4 and the learned Government Pleader. Even though notice has been served on the party respondents, there is no appearance for them.

3. The petitioners’ grievance pertain to the indiscriminate parking of auto-rickshaws in front of their establishments by the party respondents.

4. Section 72 of the Kerala Police Act