ORDER

Heard Sri Dr. P. B. Vijaya Kumar, learned counsel on record for the petitioner and Sri Sridhar Bhuvanagiri, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for the respondents and perused the material available on record.

2. This Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondent No.1 in harassing the petitioner and his family members and preventing him from practicing Electro Homeopathy, which is not prohibited by Union of India or the State Government, as illegal, arbitrary and consequently to direct the respondent No.3 not to interfere with the activity of the petitioner.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner is practicing, teaching and imparting training in Electro Homeopathy, which is a system of medicine and the existence of which is known since 1890 in India and that the system of Electro Homeopathy is identical with the system of Homeopathy, in so far as the process of diagnosis is concerned and it differs from Homeopathy as regards therapy is concerned. It is further stated that the practitioners of Electro Homeopathy are being branded as quacks and are under the constant threat of harassment/closure of clinics by the respondents, and the