JUDGMENT :

ANIL K. NARENDRAN, J.

1. The petitioner is a resident of Vallethodu near Thuravoor Mahakshethram, a temple under the administrative control of the 1st respondent Travancore Devaswom Board. The petitioner has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 to 3 as well as the 6th respondent-Station House Officer of Kuthiyathodu Police Station to remove the shops put up on the road margin and the land on the side of Chavadi-Thuravoor Junction Road and National Highway-66, which lies on the northern and eastern side of Thuravoor Mahakshethram, in connection with the annual festival which commenced on 27.10.2021. The petitioner has also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding the 6th respondent Station House Officer to ensure free flow of traffic through Chavadi-Thuravoor Junction Road and National Highway-66, during the annual festival in Thuravoor Mahakshethram, which commenced on 27.10.2021.

2. On 29.10.2021, when this writ petition came up for admission, the learned Standing Counsel for Travancore Devaswom Board took notice on admission for respondents 1 to 3. The learned Government Pleader took n