diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/api/DeviceManagementService.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/api/DeviceManagementService.java
index 5c7b7e710d6..de032b83c7a 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/api/DeviceManagementService.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/api/DeviceManagementService.java
@@ -230,6 +230,72 @@ public interface DeviceManagementService {
             @HeaderParam("If-Modified-Since")
             String ifModifiedSince);
 
+    //device delete request would looks like follows
+    //DELETE devices/type/virtual_firealarm/id/us06ww93auzp
+    @DELETE
+    @Path("/type/{device-type}/id/{device-id}")
+    @ApiOperation(
+            produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON,
+            httpMethod = "DELETE",
+            value = "Delete the device speccified by device id",
+            notes = "Returns the status of the deleted device operation.",
+            tags = "Device Management")
+    @ApiResponses(
+            value = {
+                    @ApiResponse(
+                            code = 200,
+                            message = "OK. \n Successfully fetched information of the device.",
+                            response = Device.class,
+                            responseHeaders = {
+                                    @ResponseHeader(
+                                            name = "Content-Type",
+                                            description = "The content type of the body"),
+                                    @ResponseHeader(
+                                            name = "ETag",
+                                            description = "Entity Tag of the response resource.\n" +
+                                                    "Used by caches, or in conditional requests."),
+                                    @ResponseHeader(
+                                            name = "Last-Modified",
+                                            description = "Date and time the resource has been modified the last time.\n" +
+                                                    "Used by caches, or in conditional requests."),
+                            }),
+                    @ApiResponse(
+                            code = 304,
+                            message = "Not Modified. Empty body because the client already has the latest " +
+                                    "version of the requested resource."),
+                    @ApiResponse(
+                            code = 400,
+                            message = "Bad Request. \n Invalid request or validation error.",
+                            response = ErrorResponse.class),
+                    @ApiResponse(
+                            code = 404,
+                            message = "Not Found. \n No device is found under the provided type and id.",
+                            response = ErrorResponse.class),
+                    @ApiResponse(
+                            code = 500,
+                            message = "Internal Server Error. \n " +
+                                    "Server error occurred while retrieving information requested device.",
+                            response = ErrorResponse.class)
+            })
+    //TODO need to introduce delete permission
+    @Permission(name = "View Devices", permission = "/device-mgt/devices/owning-device/view")
+    Response deleteDevice(
+            @ApiParam(
+                    name = "device-type",
+                    value = "The device type, such as ios, android or windows.",
+                    required = true)
+            @PathParam("device-type")
+            @Size(max = 45)
+            String deviceType,
+            @ApiParam(
+                    name = "device-id",
+                    value = "The device identifier of the device.",
+                    required = true)
+            @PathParam("device-id")
+            @Size(max = 45)
+            String deviceId);
+
+
     @GET
     @Path("/{type}/{id}/features")
     @ApiOperation(
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java
index fa4e20d85ff..ccea8d9bd4d 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/DeviceManagementServiceImpl.java
@@ -216,6 +216,20 @@ public class DeviceManagementServiceImpl implements DeviceManagementService {
         }
     }
 
+    @DELETE
+    @Override
+    @Path("/type/{device-type}/id/{device-id}")
+    public Response deleteDevice(@PathParam("device-type") String deviceType, @PathParam("device-id") String deviceId) {
+
+        log.info("Deleting " + deviceType + " " + deviceId + "is not supported");
+        try {
+            return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("{Deleting device(s) is not supported}").build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            String msg = "Error occurred while deleting device(s)";
+            log.error(msg, e);
+            return Response.serverError().entity(new ErrorResponse.ErrorResponseBuilder().setMessage(msg).build()).build();
+        }
+    }
 
     @GET
     @Path("/{type}/{id}")
diff --git a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/mgt/impl/MonitoringManagerImpl.java b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/mgt/impl/MonitoringManagerImpl.java
index 91d16cb01a9..71da91c839d 100644
--- a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/mgt/impl/MonitoringManagerImpl.java
+++ b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/mgt/impl/MonitoringManagerImpl.java
@@ -380,8 +380,11 @@ public class MonitoringManagerImpl implements MonitoringManager {
 
         List<String> deviceTypes = new ArrayList<>();
         try {
+		//when shutdown, it sets DeviceManagementService to null, therefore need to have a null check
+		if (PolicyManagementDataHolder.getInstance().getDeviceManagementService() != null) {
             deviceTypes =
                     PolicyManagementDataHolder.getInstance().getDeviceManagementService().getAvailableDeviceTypes();
+		}
         } catch (DeviceManagementException e) {
             throw new PolicyComplianceException("Error occurred while getting the device types.", e);
         }