Yes, most assuredly a violation of his rights and responsibilities as a citizen. The State is completely unjustified in its actions and should be heavily fined to make such actions in the future unappealing to them, required to rescind its ruling, have to issue a very public apology to the man for both violating his rights and for questioning his abilities and those in charge that issued the ruling should be fired and replaced immediately. I wonder if they also require Sanitation Engineers to be licensed?