Some lay people have approached the Kerala High Court against “illegal quarrying” on the land of two parishes under Thamarassery diocese. The Catholic Laymen’s Association also wants the court to act against the state government for its failure to check the diocese’s bishop and vicars of Little Flower Church, Pushpagiri, and St George Church, Chundathumpoyil, both near Koodaranji in Kozhikode district.