ORDER :

1. This Writ Petition for mandamus is initially filed to declare the inaction of the respondents in not granting permission to the 1st petitioner Trust to conduct Maha Padayatra from ‘Amaravati to Arasavalli’ from Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Venkatapalem, Amaravati Capital City to Arasavalli, Sri Suryanarayana Swamy Temple in Srikakulam District, as per the schedule and route map furnished to the respondents, as illegal and violative of Articles 19(1)(a), 19(1)(b) and 19(1)(d) of the Constitution of India and consequently, sought direction to the respondents 2 to 18 to forthwith grant permission to the 1st petitioner Trust to conduct the said Maha Padayatra as per the route map submitted by them to the respondents.

2. The petitioners also, as per the permission accorded to the petitioners in I.A. No. 2 of 2022 to amend the prayer, sought declaration that the impugned order, dated 08.09.2022, in Rc. No. 1051/L&O-III/2022 passed by the 2nd respondent-Director General of Police, State of Andhra Pradesh, rejecting permission to conduct Maha Padayatra, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 19(1)(a), 19(1)(b) and 19(1)(d) of the Constitution of India and consequently,