IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 16TH BHADRA 1933 DBA.No. 32 of 2011() ------------------------------- (IN THE MATTER OF COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD - RECONSTRUCTION OF PARTHASARATHY SREEKOVIL OF POONKUNNAM SREE MAHADEVA TEMPLE - POONKUNNAM DEVASWOM-THRISSUR GROUP) ........... APPLICANT(S): ------------------------ COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. BY ADV. SRI.N.RAGHURAJ,SC,COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD RESPONDENT(S): ---------------------------- THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR, LOCAL FUND ACCOUNT (COCHIN DEVASWOM), AUDIT, THRISSUR. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.K.LAKSHMI NARAYANAN ADV.SRI.KRISHNAKUMAR MANGOT, AMICUS CURIAE FOR OMBUDSMAN THIS DEVASWOM BOARD APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: Kss THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN & N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ---------------------------------------------------- D.B.A.No.32 of 2011 ---------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 7th day of September, 2011 Order Thottathil B.Radhakrishnan, J. This D.B.A. is filed by the Cochin Devaswom Board. The learned Ombudsman's report is available as CDB Report No.156/2011. The learned Ombudsman, after considering the different aspects, has opined that the work is necessary and in view of the necessity to reconstruct the dilapidated Sreekovil, the expenditure has to be incurred. Therefore, in consonance with the advise of the learned Ombudsman, permission is granted allowing the Temple Advisory Committee to execute the work on contribution by the Board at 65% of the estimated amount. The entire work shall be subjected to audit by the Local Fund Audit after it is over. The D.B.A. is ordered accordingly. THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE. N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JUDGE. srd WP(C) No. - 2 - WP(C) No. - 3 -