IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 6TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 15TH KARTHIKA 1930 DBA.No. 2 of 2000() ------------------- (In the matter of Cochin Devaswom Board – Acquisition of Land – Lord Siva Temple – Ernakulam – Regarding) PETITIONER: ------------------ ERNAKULAM KSHETHRA KSHEMA SAMITHI ER NO.250/84, DEVASWOM BUUILDINGS, KOCHI 682 011 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT. BY ADV. SRI.P.R.VENKATESH RESPONDENTS: -------------------- 1. COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SCRETARY. 2. CORPORATION OF KOCHI REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, CORPORATION OFFICE, KOCHI. ADV. SRI.K.GOPALAKRISHNA KURUP, SC FOR FOR R1 SRI.S.RAMESH BABU FOR R2 THIS DEVASWOM BOARD APPLICATION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 06/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: P.R.RAMAN & T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR,JJ. -------------------------------- DBA.NO.2 OF 2000 -------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of November, 2008 O R D E R Raman,J. The main prayer in the DBA is for grant of permission to the petitioner to acquire eastern portion of Krishna Vilasom Compound approximately 1.25 acres in the name of Cochin Devaswom Board which property is held by the Cochin Corporation, under the scheme of one foot land for Lord Siva of Ernakulam Temple as evidenced by Ext.P2. This Court by order dated 21/7/2000 permitted the petitioner to acquire the said property in the name of the Cochin Devaswom Board. It was also directed that the amount for the purpose of acquiring the property shall be collected by issuing coupons containing the seal of the Cochin Devaswom Board. The further direction was that the progress of such collection and the development shall be intimated to this Court once in two months by filing appropriate petition. Subsequently, the entire sale consideration has already been paid to the -2- DBA.NO.2/2000 Corporation of Cochin and what remains is only the interest for the delayed remittance which is a matter under consideration in Report No.41 of the Ombudsman wherein we directed the Corporation of Cochin to consider reduction or waiver of interest. Subject to any further order to be passed in Report No.41 of Ombudsman, no separate orders as such are required to be passed in this DBA. 2. I.A.Nos.2302, 2303, 2323 & 2383/2008 were filed during the pendency of the DBA for acceptance of the accounts. This Court cannot accept the accounts before the receipts and expenditures are verified by the Cochin Devaswom Board. The accounts be submitted to the Cochin Devaswom Board, who may conduct audit of accounts through their internal auditor and file a report before this Court for acceptance. Subject to the above DBA is closed. P.R.RAMAN, Judge. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, Judge. kcv.