IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 25TH AUGUST 2008 / 3RD BHADRA 1930 WP(C).No. 25452 of 2008(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER: PETITIONER ---------------------- S.VIJAYAKUMAR, AGED 56, S/O. K.SIVASANKARA PILLAI, LAKSHMI VILAS, SREE VARAHAM, MANACADU P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE MATHEW SRI.SUNIL KUMAR A.G RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS ------------------------ 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, NANDANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD NANDANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE ASST. DEVEASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB FOR R1 TO 3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.R.RAMAN & T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W.P.(C).No.25452 of 2008-E ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dated this the 25th day of August, 2008 J U D G M E N T J U D G M E N T RAMAN, J. This is a writ petition seeking a direction to the respondent to permit the respondent to conduct boat race at Sreevaraham Temple pond, Thiruvananthapuram. The petitioner is a citizen and Chairman of the Onam Aghosha Committee. In the writ petition it is not shown that the petitioner has got any legal right to conduct any such vallam kali in the temple pond in the absence of which he cannot seek for a writ of mandamus. He himself has produced Ext.P1 rejecting a similar prayer made in 2006, that too based on a decision of this Court to the effect that the temple can be used only for religious purposes and not for other purposes. That order has become final and there is no challenge at all. In such circumstances, we find that there is no merit in this writ petition. It is accordingly dismissed. P.R.RAMAN, Judge T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, Judge ms