JUDGMENT

The petitioners, who are granted valid visa to travel and join the first petitioner's husband (father of the petitioners 2 and 3) in United States of America where he is employed, has approached this Court seeking the following reliefs:

a) issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or such other writs or orders directing the respondents forthwith to release the passports of the petitioners to them.

b) issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or such other writs or orders directing the respondents to permit and enable the petitioners to travel to the United States of America upon the visas duly stamped and issued by the government authorities of the United States of America to the petitioners as per Exts.P8, P9 and P10.

c) direct the respondents to pay to the petitioners the entire ticket charges for them to travel to USA, as due compensation and damages.

d) award the cost of this writ petition.

2. The petitioners allege that when they went to board the flight on 22.11.2014 at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery, the first respondent restrained them illegally and did not clear them to travel and also illegally seized their passports taking the stand that he would not permi