COMMON ORDER:

W.P.No.22020 OF 2024

Heard Sri T.Surya Satish, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Smt. K.Mani Deepika, learned Government Pleader for Women Development and Child Welfare appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 5, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of respondent No.6 and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 7 & 8.

2. The petitioners approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“….to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents 7 and 8 in forcefully and illegally taking custody of the minor child D. Maanvika from the Petitioners and handing over the child to the 2^nd and 3^rd Respondents on the basis of FIR. No. 579 of 2024 dated 22.05.2024 and the allegations made therein as illegal arbitrary violative of the principles of natural justice violative of Articles

14, 20(1) of the Constitution of India and to pass…”

3. The case of the petitioners in W.P.No.22020 of 2024 as per the averments made by the petitioners in the affidavit filed by the petitioners in support of the present Writ Petition