Mr. P. Ayyakannu, claiming to be the State President of National South Indian River Interlinking Agriculturist Sangam, has filed the present writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the City Police Commissioner, Chennai City, the third respondent herein to grant permission, as per the petitioner's representation dated 9.4.2018, to conduct fasting struggle for 90 days from 9.4.2018 at Marina Beach in Chennai.

2. Mr. S. Ayyathurai, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is in public life from his student days and has been working for the past 25 years for the welfare of the agriculturists in Tamil Nadu by conducting various procession, meeting to draw the attention of the State Government and the Central Government to solve the problems of the agriculturists. Since water is the main basic need for the agriculturists to cultivate the crops in their lands, the petitioner's main motive is for interlinking of all the rivers in India to promote the availability of water for agricultural operations. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the petitioner has been visiting every panchayat union in the villages to organize the agricultur