ORDER

The petitioner has filed this Writ Petition seeking to quash the proceedings of the third respondent, dated 29.01.2022, and consequently, to direct the respondents 2 and 3 to permit him to tonsure the devotees, who offer their hair to Lord Murugan in the place allotted to him.

2.The petitioner is a Barber by profession and it is his family profession.

The petitioner's father was a licence holder and the second respondent had issued a licence to the petitioner's father Subramanian, permitting him to tonsure the devotees, who offer their hair to Lord Murugan at Palani. As per the norms prescribed by the second respondent, if the licensees attain the age of 60 years or pass away, the male legal heirs of the licensees will be issued with licence, permitting them to tonsure the devotees in the prescribed place of Devasthanam. The second respondent, vide his proceedings in Se.Mu.Na.Ka.No.109/98/A6, dated 30.11.1998, issued a licence to the petitioner as his father attained the age of superannuation. Since then, the petitioner had been rendering services in the tonsuring place of Devasthanam without any complaint or dissatisfaction to the superiors or to the devotees. The petitioner's