IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH MAY 2007 / 9TH JYAISHTA 1929 DBA.No. 19 of 2007() -------------------- (IN THE MATTER OF TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD SEEKING DIRECTION TO APPOINT THE POST OF FULL TIME SANTHI IN THE THALIYOOR SREE MAHADEVAR TEMPLE, PAYACHIRA, PALLIPPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.) PETITIONER ----------------- B.MANOJ, S/O.K.BALACHANDRAN NAIR, AGED 27 YEARS, RESIDING AT PAYACHIRA, PALLIPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, (SECRETARY, TEMPLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THALIYOOR SREE MAHADEVAR TEMPLE, PALLIPPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.N.MAHESH RESPONDENTS: --------------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, OFFICE OF THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, ULLOOR GROUP, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, ULLOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE SUB GROUP OFFICER, THONNAL DEVI TEMPLE, PALLIPPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.D.SREEKUMAR, SC, TDB SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB THIS DEVASWOM BOARD APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/05/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & ANTONY DOMINIC, JJ. =============================== D.B.A. NO.19 OF 2007 ====================== Dated this the 30th day of May, 2007 O R D E R Radhakrishnan, J. This application has been preferred seeking a direction to the respondents to appoint a full time Santhi in the Thaliyoor Maha deva Temple. The Temple Advisory Committee approached this Court for a direction to appoint a full time Santhi by filing DBA 112/2005. Respondents then submitted that there was no sufficient hands to do the Santhi duty in all the temples. It was stated as and when the permission is granted by this Hon'ble Court, appointments would be made. In the circumstances, we dispose of the application directing the Board to take note of the prayer as well as the request made by the petitioner and take appropriate decision in accordance with law. K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE. Rp