IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN MONDAY, THE 26TH MAY 2008 / 5TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 38013 of 2003(A) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ P.P. PRADEEPKUMAR, S/O. PADMANABHAN, PAPPALIL HOUSE, THURUTHU, CHENGAMANADU, ALUVA. BY ADV. SRI.S.SUBHASH CHAND SMT.SINDHU MURALEEDHARAN RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, OFFICE OF THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOM BUILDING, NANDHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOM BUILDING, NANDHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. ASSISTANT DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, NOR PARAVOOR. 4. SUB GROUP OFFICER, THIRUMOOZHIKULAM DEVASWOM, THIRUMOOZHIKULAM. 5. THE TAHSILDAR, TALUK OFFICE, ALUVA. R1 to R4 BY ADV. SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,SC,TDB SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB R5 BY G.P. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 26/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: TRUE COPY OF INTIMATION DT.2.8.1993 ISSUED BY DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. P2: TRUE COPY OF COMMUNICATION DT.26.10.1995 ISSUED BY R3 TO R5. P3: TRUE COPY OF ROUGH SKETCH INDICATING THE PROPERTIES BELONGING TO THE ERUTHIKKAVU BHAGAVATHI TEMPLE AND THE GOVT. KYLP SCHOOL AND ITS LIE. P4: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.30.8.2003 SUBMITTED BY PETITIONER BEFORE RESPONDENTS. P5: PHOTOGRAPH OF THE KARTHIKA VILAKKU FUNCTION CONDUCTED IN THE PREMISES OF TMEPLE DURING THE YEAR 2003(7.12.2003). P6: TRUE COPY OF THE BYELAWS. P6: TRUE COPY OF NEWS ITEMS PUBLISHED IN THE MALAYALA MANORAMA DT.27.2.2008. P6(a): .DO. .DO. P6(b): .DO. DT.4.3.2008. P6(c): .DO. DT.9.3.2008. P6(d): .DO. DT.13.3.2008. P6(e): .DO. DT.14.3.2008. P6(f): .DO. DT.17.3.2008. TRUE COPY PA TO JUDGE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & V.K.MOHANAN, JJ. .................................................................... W.P.(C) No.38013 of 2003 .................................................................... Dated this the 26th day of May, 2008. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. The W.P. is filed by a devotee of the Eruthikkavu Bhagavathi Temple stating that the temple property is not demarcated and Devaswom is not showing any interest in the management of the temple. Even according to the petitioner, temple is situated in 7 cents of land and there is a school nearby which also has limited extent of land. This court by order dated 2.8.2005 directed the Devaswom Board to constitute an advisory committee. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that Devaswom Board has constituted such a committee. If committee is appointed, it is for the committee to take up the matter with the Devaswom Board to do the needful for the improvement or maintenance of the temple. Since the temple occupies only 7 cents of land, obviously there may not be large number of devotees worshiping in the temple. If temple is very small and does not have sufficient revenue collection, we see no reason why the Devaswom Board should involve in the temple. It can even leave it to the local devotees to arrange for management of the temple. In any case since the advisory 2 committee is constituted, we direct the Devaswom Board to consider the recommendations of the advisory committee with regard to maintenance and running of the temple. The petitioner can move the advisory committee for taking up the matter with the Devaswom Board. The W.P. is closed with the above observation. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge V.K.MOHANAN Judge pms