JUDGMENT :

SHAJI P. CHALY, J.

This is a Public Interest Litigation filed by two residents within the limits of the Clappana Grama Panchayat, Karunagappally Taluk, Kollam District, seeking a direction to respondents 1 to 3 ie., the District Collector, Kollam, Clappana Grama Panchayat, Kollam District and the Circle Inspector of Police, Oachira Police Station, to consider and dispose of Exts.P3 to P5 complaints filed by the petitioners and other residents within the limits of the Clappana Grama Panchayat and also for a further direction to the party respondents i.e., respondent Nos. 4 and 5 to construct the mosque only after complying with the prescriptions contained in Ext. P10 Manual of Guidelines issued by the Home Secretary, Government of India dated 23rd June, 2002 to promote communal harmony, by which the State Governments were directed to take appropriate steps to avoid any instance of communal violence, and Rule 7(8A) of the Kerala Panchayat Building Rules, 2011 ('Rules, 2011' for short)

2. Brief material facts for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows:

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