JUDGMENT :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioner, who is a devotee of Major Vellayani Devi Temple, which is a temple under the management of the 1^st respondent Travancore Devaswom Board, has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding the 3^rd respondent Assistant Devaswom Commissioner, Neyyatinkara Group and the 4^th respondent Sub Group Officer of Vellayani Devaswom to give him an opportunity for making Pachappanthal and also allow him to do the traditional activities in which he was involved in the said temple, such as preparing and carrying ‘Theevetti’, etc. The petitioner has also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding the 3^rd respondent Assistant Devaswom Commissioner, Neyyatinkara Group and the 4^th respondent Sub Group Officer of Vellayani Devaswom to consider his representations, i.e., Exts.P2 and P3 dated 03.02.2025 and 17.03.2025, made before respondents 3 and 4 and grant permission for making Pachappanthal.

2. In the writ petition, it is stated that the petitioner submitted representation before the 4^th respondent Sub Group Officer, Vellayani Devaswom for permitting him to make Pachappanthal for Aswathy Ponga