IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH JULY 2011 / 22ND ASHADHA 1933 WP(C).No. 18438 of 2011(D) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- ZAMORIN RAJA OF CALICUT, SUKRITHA, CHALAPPURAM, CALICUT-2. BY ADV. SMT.SHAHNA KARTHIKEYAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, HOUSE FED COMPLEX, ERANJIPALAM P.O., KOZHIKODE-673 006. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, MALABAR DEVASWOM BOARD, ERANJIPALAM, KOZHIKODE, PIN-673 006. R1 & R2 BY SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN, S.C. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 13/07/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.18438/2011-D: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE ORDER NO. R. DIS. 5606/58 DTD. 20/09/1960 OF THE MADRAS HR & CE DEPARTMENT. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE ORDER NO. J6-1576/2007 (K.DIS) DTD. 27/10/2007 OF THE HR & CE DEPARTMENT. EXT.P.3: COPY OF THE NOTICE NO.J6/6456/2009 MDB DTD. 14/12/2010 ISSUED BY THE R.2. EXT.P.4: COPY OF THE REPLY DTD. 28/12/2010 ISSUED BY THE PETITIONER. EXT.P.5: COPY OF THE ORDER NO. J6-6456/09.K.DIS. DTD. 23/05/2011 PASSED BY THE COMMISSIONER. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE. Prv. THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------- WPC No.18438 of 2011 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 13th July, 2011 JUDGMENT Thottathil B.Radhakrishnan, J The impugned Ext.P5 is a decision of the Commissioner of the Malabar Devaswom Board. Having regard to the fact that there is a statutory revision available before the Government under the provisions of the Hindu Religious Charitable Endowment Act, 1951, we decline jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India relegating the petitioner to move the Government. If such a revision is filed with any application for keeping Ext.P5 under suspension, those matters will get priority for consideration of the competent authority in the Government. Subject to the aforesaid, the writ petition is dismissed without entering the merits. sd/- THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN JUDGE sd/- K.SURENDRA MOHAN JUDGE css/