You can use the Win32::Service to start and stop services in your system.
This is a small script to get you started.

use Win32::Service;
 
 #set up a hash of known service states
my %statcodeHash = (
     '1' => 'stopped.',
     '2' => 'start pending.',
     '3' => 'stop pending.',
     '4' => 'running.',
     '5' => 'continue pending.',
     '6' => 'pause pending.',
     '7' => 'paused.'
);
        
my %serviceHash;

#Win32::Service::StartService("", <some service>);

 #go get 'em...
Win32::Service::GetServices("", \%serviceHash);

foreach $key(keys %serviceHash)
{
     my %statusHash;
     Win32::Service::GetStatus("", "$key", \%statusHash);
     #print "$statusHash{\"CurrentState\"} \n";
     
     if ($statusHash{"CurrentState"} =~ /[1-7]/)
     {
          print $serviceHash{"$key"} . " is currently " . $statcodeHas
+h{$statusHash{"CurrentState"}} . "\n";
     }
}
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Use the sleep command for the delay, If you want to start the service after sometime.
Win32::Service

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