JUDGMENT :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioner, who is a devotee of Thalakottukara Bhagavathy Temple, which is a temple under the management of the 1^st respondent Cochin Devaswom Board, has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 and 2 to ensure that the direction contained in Ext.P3 order dated 16.11.2024 of the 1^st respondent Board, whereby the application made by the 3^rd respondent Thathwamasy Desa Vilakku Committee stands rejected, is complied with in letter and spirit, by permitting the Temple Advisory Committee of that temple to conduct Desavilakku in terms of that permission. The petitioner has also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 and 2 to ensure that the 3^rd respondent Thathwamasy Desa Vilakku Committee and the 4^th respondent, who is its President, do not collect contributions in the name of Thalakottukara Bhagavathy Temple and do not conduct Thathwamasy Desa Vilakku on 30.11.2024 in the temple property or its vicinity; and a writ of mandamus commanding the 6^th respondent Station House Officer, Kunnamkulam Police Station, to take strict action against the 3^rd and 4^th r