JUDGMENT :

[Anil K. Narendran, J.]

1. The petitioner, who is a devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan of Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, which is under the management of 3rd respondent Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee, has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 to 3 to resume/revert to the customary practice of ‘Prasada Oottu’ on plantain leaves at Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, forthwith. The petitioner has also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding the 4th respondent Guruvayur Municipality to manage waste transportation till an alternate arrangement is made by respondents 1 to 3; and a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 2 and 3 to keep in abeyance the decision taken on 01.07.2017 to use steel plates, instead of customary plantain leaves, for ‘Prasada Oottu’, till final disposal of this writ petition.

2. Going by the averments in the writ petition, the petitioner is aggrieved by the decision taken by Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee on 01.07.2017, to use steel plates for Prasada Oottu in Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, instead of plantain leaves. Though the petitioner is seeking an order