IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH NOVEMBER 2011 / 25TH KARTHIKA 1933 WP(C).No. 29616 of 2011(B) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- A.DAMODARAN NAMBOODIRI, S/O.KRISHNAN NAMBOODIRI, AGED 48 YEARS, HEREDITARY TRUSTEE, KELALOOR DEVASWOM, RESIDING AT ADIMANA ILLAM, P.O.MAMBARAM, THALASSERY TALUK KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN-670 741. BY ADV. SRI.R.SURENDRAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD, HOUSEFED COMPLEX, ERANHIPALAM, KOZHIKODE, PIN-673 006, KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. 2. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, THE MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANGAD, THALASSERY, KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN-670 103. 3. THE CHAIRMAN, AREA COMMITTEE, MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANGAD, THALASSERY, KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN-670 103. 4. SRI.V.MURALEEDHARAN, MANAGING TRUSTEE, KELALOOR DEVASWOM, P.O.MAMBARAM, THALASSERY TALUK KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN-670 741. 5. KURUNNAN RAGHAVAN, S/O.SANKARAN NAMBIAR RESIDING AT `SABARI', P.O.MAMBARAM, THALASSERY TALUK, KANNUR DISTRICT, PIN-670 741. WP(C).No. 29616 of 2011(B) 6. MANGALASSERY NARAYANAN NAMBOODIRI, S/O.SANKARAN NAMBOODIRI, AGED 87 YEARS, HEREDITASRY TRUSTEE OF KELALOOR DEVASWOM, RETIRED TEACHER, RESIDING AT KATTIKULAM, THRISSILERY AMSOM DESOM, MANANTHAVADY TALUK, WAYANAD DISTRICT P.O.KATTIKULAM, PIN-670 646. 7. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEVASWOM DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. R1 TO R3 BY ADV.SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN,SC, MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD R7 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. T. RAMPRASAD UNNI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 16/11/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: BKA/- WP(C).No. 29616 of 2011(B) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE SCHEME SETTLED AS PER ORDER NO.2568 DATED 28.09.1936, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE HINDU RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS, MADRAS. EXT.P2: COPY OF ORDER NO.KDis.A3.1452/09 DATED 11.06.2009 OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P3: COPY OF THE ORDER NO.D.Dis.A3.4580/09 DATED 24.05.2011 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P4: COPY OF THE JOINING REPORT DATED 28.05.2011 OF THE 5TH RESPONDENT AS NON-HEREDITARY TRUSTEE. EXT.P5: COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL IN AP.NO.12/2011, FILED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P6: COPY OF COUNTER STATEMENT FILED BY 5TH RESPONDENT IN AP.NO.12/2011. EXT.P7: COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 31.08.2011 IN AP.NO.12 OF 2011 ON THE FILE OF THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P8: COPY OF REPLY DATED 10.10.2011 ISSUED BY the STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECOND RESPONDENT. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL //TRUE COPY// PA TO JUDGE BKA/- THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JJ. ------------------------------------------ W.P.(C) NO. 29616 OF 2011 ------------------------------------------ Dated this the 16th day of November, 2011 J U D G M E N T Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, J. Section 99 of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act provides a remedy by way of revision against the order impugned in this original petition. We preserve all contentions of the writ petitioner and relegate him to take recourse to alternate remedy. Without prejudice to that, the writ petition is dismissed in limine. THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE bka/-