2694917 - Service [developmentserver_environment] failed to start

After a system restart, getting error "Service [developmentserver_environment] failed to start".

Below error can be seen in the default trace:

Application sap.com/com.sap.portal.modeling.import.importWSEar cannot be started. Reason: it has hard reference to service developmentserver, which is not active on the server because service start is disabled in template startup filters..
[EXCEPTION]
com.sap.engine.services.deploy.exceptions.ServerDeploymentException: Application sap.com/com.sap.portal.modeling.import.importWSEar cannot be started. Reason: it has hard reference to service developmentserver, which is not active on the server because service start is disabled in template startup filters.

 at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.LifecycleController.handleServiceNotAvailable(LifecycleController.java:505)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.LifecycleController.startReferencedService(LifecycleController.java:471)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.StartTransaction.beginCommon(StartTransaction.java:208)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.StartTransaction.beginLocal(StartTransaction.java:184)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesLocal(ApplicationTransaction.java:549)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ParallelAdapter.makeAllPhasesLocal(ParallelAdapter.java:335)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.startApplicationLocalAndWait(DeployServiceImpl.java:2539)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.prl.ParallelApplicatiON-STARTTraverser.startApplication(ParallelApplicatiON-STARTTraverser.java:277)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:335)
        at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.prl.ParallelApplicatiON-STARTTraverser.execute(ParallelApplicatiON-STARTTraverser.java:251)
        at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.ActionObject.run(ActionObject.java:37)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.execute(SingleThread.java:185)

The service developmentserver_environment can be seen under NWA->Start & Stop ->Java Services -> Development Server - Environment

• SAP NetWeaver 7.3
• SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3
• SAP NetWeaver 7.4
• SAP Netweaver 7.5

Enterprise Portal 7.03, EP 7.03, Enterprise Portal 7.1, EP 7.1, Enterprise Portal 7.2, EP 7.2, Enterprise Portal 7.30, EP 7.30, Enterprise Portal 7.31, EP 7.31, Enterprise Portal 7.40, EP 7.4, Enterprise Portal 7.50, EP 7.5, developmentserver, environment, start, stop, nwa,VC, VisualComposer , KBA , EP-PIN-PRT , Portal Runtime , BC-JAS-DPL , Deployment , BC-UPG-MP , Maintenance Planning Tools , EP-VC-RTM , Visual Composer Runtime , Problem