IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN FRIDAY, THE 15TH JANUARY 2010 / 25TH POUSHA 1931 DBA.No. 153 of 2009() --------------------- PETITIONER:- -------------------- THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB RESPONDENT:- -------------------- THE DEPUTY EXAMINER, LOCAL FUND AUDIT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. GOVT. PLEADER SHRI.R.LAKSHMINARAYANAN. SHRI.KRISHNAKUMAR MANGOT, AMICUS CURIAE FOR OMBUDSMAN. THIS DEVASWOM BOARD APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: P.R.RAMAN & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. = = = = = = = = = = = DBA.No.153 of 2009. = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 15th day of January, 2010. O R D E R Gopinathan, J. Section 31A of the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions (Amendment) Act, as now amended provides that a Temple Advisory Committee (name of the temple) may be constituted in order to ensure participation of Hindu devotees. Now, for the effective implementation of Section 31A, the Travancore Devaswom Board had prepared draft rules, copy of which is produced as Annexure-I and had submitted for the approval of the same by this Court. 2. The rules were referred to the Ombudsman. The recommendations/remarks of the Ombudsman were obtained. 3. Shri.K.N.Venugopala Panicker, Standing Counsel for the Travancore Devaswom Board and Shri.Krishnakumar Mangot, Amicus Curiae for the DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 2 :- Ombudsman were heard. 4. Taking into account of the suggestions, Annexure-I draft rules are approved with the following modifications. 1. In clause 3, (a) In the third line after the word, “SƒNf”, the following words shall be deleted: “NkSvwj¾]jO A¡zfpOtt“ (b) In the 4th line after the words, “v]w~LyoOtt”, the following words shall be added: “z]ÎOofv]w~Ly]pLp “. 2. After clause 4, the following words shall be added: “Shvy~U WÚ}xerORa AUY}WLq¾]jO v]SipoLp] yo]f] pORa AUYyUX| j]Mp]¨LjOç Ai]WLqU Aô]. Shvy~U WÚ}xe¡¨OºLp]q]¨OÐfOU IÐL¤ Kq]¨¤ j]Mp]¨RÕaOÐ AUYyUX| j]sv]sOç yo]f]pORa WLsLvi]¨OSwxU oLNfSo oLãUvqO¾OvL¢ kLaOçO.” 3. In clause 5, (a) In the third line, for the words, “^j‚t]¤ DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 3 :- yÐÈqLpvq]¤ j]ÐOU“, the following words shall be substituted: “^j‚tORa KqO RkLfOSpLY¾]¤v\ÿ RkLfOiLqep]¤/ yoLvLp¾]¤ f]qR`aOS¨ºfOU, JRfË]sOU WLqevwL¤ j]M]f AUYyUX|p]¤ Ai]WU SkqOW¥ j]¡SÇw]¨ÕaOÐ kƒU Avq]¤ j]ÐOU j]é]fAUY‚Rt .” (b) After the existing clause, the following words shall be added: “DkShwWyo]f]AUY‚Rt f]qR`aO¨OÐf]Ss¨ q^]ySNacO n©^j‚tORa RkLfOSpLYU Aô].Shvy~U WÚ}xe¡ v]t]\ÿO WPSŸºfLe . Bpf]Ss¨O j]é]f SpLY¾]jO KqLu\ oORÒË] sOU AUY‚¥¨O SjLŸ}yO j¤W]p]q]S¨ºfLe .“ 4. In clause 7, (a) in the first line, for the words “SƒNfjap]¤ v v\ÿO jrO¨]Ÿ ” shall be substituted by the following words: “A`\LU j]mÌj NkWLqU“. (b) In the second line, after the word “SpLYU”, the following word “AÐOfRÐ” shall be added. DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 4 :- (c) After the existing clause, the following words shall be added: “ANkWLqU v]t]\OS\¡¨OÐ SpLYjaka]WtORa o]j]ŸyO Aô]. Shvy~U WÚ}xe¡ IuOf] yPƒ]S¨ºfOU, Shvy~U WÚ}xeRrL, r^]yã¡ R\pf JRfË]sOU n©^jU/‚¥ Bvw|RÕaOÐkƒU AvqORakq]SwLijjà WLe]\O RWLaOS¨ºfOoLWOÐO. ” 5. In clause 8, (a) In the third line, after the word “SqXWtOU”, the following words shall be added: “SpLYjaka]WtORa o]j]ŸyOU.“ (b) In the third line, after the words “wOkL¡wSpLaOWPa]”, the following words shall be added: “KqLu\¨WU“. (c) In the fourth line, before the word “AUY} WLqU”, the following words shall be added: “f¨fLpWLqe‚¥ CRsË]¤ KqOoLy¾]jWU” (d) After the existing clause, the following words DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 5 :- shall be added: “j]é]fWLsLvi]¨Ott]¤ AUY}WLqU j¤WOWSpL j]Sxi] ¨OWSpL R\áL¾ kƒU So¤Õa] WLsLvi]¨OSwxU yo]f] j]sv]¤vÐfLp] We¨LS¨ºfLe .“ 6. In clause 10.1, in the second line, after the words “AUY} WLqU j¤WOW“, the following words shall be added: “yo]f]pORa Skq]¤ Nky]d¢rOU, NaxrrOU WPŸLp] JRfË]sOU KqO ShwyL¤W|f/Rxc|P¥cO mLË]¤ AR¨TºO fOr¨OW. “ 7. In clause 10.3, in the first line, after the word “ja¾OW“, the following words shall be added: “vqvOW¥¨O qw}fO RWLaO¨OW, yo]f]pORa AUY}WLq¾]jOv] SipoLp] R\svOW¥ R\áOW, R\svOW¥¨O vT\rOW¥ yPƒ]¨OW, vqvO R\svO We¨OW¥ yPƒ]¨OW, yo]f]pORa Skq]sOtt mLË AR¨Tº , R\¨O mO¨ , orrO r¨L¡cOW¥ oOfsLpv yPƒ]¨OW.“ 8. In clause 10.4, (a) In the sixth line, after the word “AUY} WLqS¾LaO“, the word “WPa]pLe“ shall be substituted DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 6 :- for the word, “WPa]pOU“. (b). After the existing clause, the following words shall be added: “Aa]pÍ]q ZŸ‚t]¤ DkSpLY]¨OÐf]j yo]f]pORa f}qOoLj¾]jO v]SipoLp] Bp]qU DrOÕ]Wp]¤ Wv]pL¾ fOW RRWvwU vp¨OW.“. 9. In clause 11, in the second sentence, instead of the words “WÚrr]¨ Nky]c¢r]RssË]¤ RRvy Nky]c¢r]RssË]¤“, the following words shall be substituted: “Nky]c¢r]S¢rpOU, RRvy Nky]c¢r]S¢rpOU AnLv¾]¤“. 10. In clause 12, in the first line, for the word “SpLY‚t]¤” shall be substituted for the word “SpLY¾]¤”. 11. In clause 15, in the first line, the word “Sos]sOç” shall be substituted by the word “SosOç”. 12. In clause 17, (a) in the second line, after the word “IÐL¤”, the following words shall be substituted: DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 7 :- “yo]f]SpLYU v]t]\OWPŸOÐf]jO RyNWŸr] v}u\ vqO¾OÐ kƒU“. (b) After the existing clause, the following words shall be added: “DkShwWyo]f]pORa AUY}WLqo]sLRf JRfË]sOU AUYU fOa¡\pLp] oPÐO yo]f] SpLY‚t]¤ kRËaO¨Lf]q]¨OÐkƒU A¾qU AUY‚tORa òLjU y~pU Ku]`O RkLWOÐfOU yo]f] pORa WLsLvi] f}qOÐfOvRq Swx]¨OÐ AUY‚¥ oLNfU KTSh|LY]W òLj¾ fOaqOÐfOoLe .“ 13. In clause 19, in the second line, the word “pgLWLsU” shall be substituted by the word “KqLu\¨WU”. 14. In clause 23, in the fifth line, after the word “j]Sƒk ‚¥”, the following words shall be added: “AfLfOSƒNf¾]R¢r Bvw|¾]jO oLNfU.“ 15. After clause 23, the following provision, as clause 24 shall be added: “wmq]os SkLsOç Shw}pNkLiLj|oOç SƒNf‚t]¤ DkShwWyo]f]W¥ qPk}Wq]¨OÐf]j NkLSpLY]WoLp] mOÈ]oOŸOçkƒU DkShwWyo]f]W¥ SvRºÐ DBA.No.153 of 2009. -: 8 :- j]Mp]¨LjOç Ai]WLqU Shvy~U SmL¡c]R¢r AUY}WLq¾]jOv]SipoLp] Shvy~U WÚ}xer]¤ j]ƒ]kfoLp]q]¨O ÐfLe .“ P.R.RAMAN, JUDGE . P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE. Kvs/-