JUDGMENT

[WP(C) Nos.21308/2023, 26664/2023]

In these writ petitions, the respective petitioners seek to challenge the orders issued by the Ombudsman for the Local Self Government Institutions, contending that the orders issued as above are beyond the prescribed powers under the provisions of Section 271 (j) of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act .

2. Heard Sri S.K. Adhithyan, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Suman Chakravarthy, the learned Standing Counsel for the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, as well as Sri P. Anoop, the learned counsel for the 3^rd respondent in W.P.(C) No. 21308 of 2023.

3. In W.P.(C) No. 21308 of 2023, the petitioner is stated to be residing in a property extending to 8.5 Ares in Thiruvallom Village. The 3^rd respondent sought to institute a suit for prohibitory injunction and, though originally an injunction was granted, the injunction granted in favour of the 3^rd respondent was vacated at the instance of the petitioner herein pursuant to Ext.P1 order. However, the 3^rd respondent thereafter instituted another complaint before the Ombudsman, and the Ombudsman issued the order at Ext.P4. Though in Ext.P4 the ultimate finding of the Ombudsman is to the effect