IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 3RD NOVEMBER 2008 / 12TH KARTHIKA 1930 WP(C).No. 29870 of 2008(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. K. NALINI, W/O. MADAHVAN NAIR, SREETHILAKAM, KUMARAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-11. 2. A. SREEKUMARI, W/O. SANDEEP, SREETHILAKAM, KUMARAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-11. BY ADV. SRI.DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN SRI.K.M.ANEESH RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.V.KRISHNA MENON FOR R SMT.P.VIJAYAMMA FOR R THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.R.Raman & T.R. Ramachandran Nair, JJ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C) No.29870/2008-E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 3rd day of November, 2008. J U D G M E N T Raman, J. The petitioners are the mother and the wife of one Sandeep (died), who was a licencee of a hotel at Sannidhanam at Sabarimala. Their main grievance is that Ext.P1 list published by the Devaswom contains the list of stalls available for auction but that list does not contain hotel No.19. Hence, they seek to quash Ext.P1 and to include hotel No.19 also for public auction. 2. A statement is filed for and on behalf of the respondents. It is stated that the said hotel No.19 is not included in the list for public auction since that is set apart for the purpose of annadanam by the Board. The licence issued in favour of the petitioner in any of the previous year in no way confers a right to insist that every year this hotel premises should be auctioned. Petitioners have no such right. The licence issued is only valid for the year in question. When the Devaswom finds that some accommodation is required, and decided that this particular hotel is required for annadanam for the devotees, it cannot be said that the said decision to W.P.(C) No.29870/2008 -:2:- exclude the hotel is arbitrary or illegal giving any right to the petitioner. In the circumstances, writ petition is devoid of any merits. The same is dismissed. (P.R. Raman, Judge.) (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms