JUDGMENT

This writ petition is filed with following prayers:

i. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ order or direction commanding the respondents 3 to 6 to grant permission to petitioner to conduct elephant procession/parade in the ensuing “Sivaratri” festival as requested in Ext.P4 to P6 expeditiously;

ii. To declare that the respondents 2 to 5 are duty bound to grant permission to petitioner to conduct the elephant procession in connection with the ensuing festival, as the petitioner had already applied for registration as is evident from Ext.P3;

iii. To declare that the respondents 3 to 5 cannot decline the request of the petitioners to register the petitioner with the 4th respondent as there is no direction in Ext.P1 order that after the prescribed period the registration should not be done;

iv. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction, directing the respondents 2 and 6 to register the temple of the petitioner under Kerala Captive Elephants (Management and Maintenance) Rules , 2012 and grant permission to conduct elephant procession as requested for in Ext.P4 and Ext.P5 for the Shivarathri festival scheduled from 24-02-2025 to 26-02-2025;

v. to issue su