IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN THURSDAY, THE 17TH JUNE 2010 / 27TH JYAISTHA 1932 WP(C).No. 27678 of 2009(D) -------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------- 1. SREEKUMAR.K.N, KURUPPAN KUNNEL, ETTUMANOOR P.O, ETTUMANOOR. 2. K.MOHANKUMAR, SAMATHI BHAVANAM, ETTUMANOOR. BY ADV. SRI.S.KRISHNAMOORTHY RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF DEVASWOM, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REP.BY THE SECRETARY, NANDANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. CHIEF COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANDANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANDANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB FOR R3-5 G.P. SRI.LAKSHMY NARAYAN FOR R1,2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/06/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. .................................................................... W.P.(C) No.27678 of 2009 .................................................................... Dated this the 17th day of June, 2010. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. Challenge is against provisions of the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions (Amendment Act) 2007, providing for reservation and age limit for members of the Devaswom Board. Under the amended provisions, minimum age for a member is raised from 35 to 50 for male members and for female member it is raised from 50 to 60. Reservation provided is only for Scheduled Caste community and for women. In other words, out of three members, only one goes under general category. 2. Standing Counsel for the Devaswom Board and the Government Pleader submitted that constitution of the next Board is in the final stage. We do not think the issues raised should be considered before constitution of the new Devaswom Board because at this stage we can consider the matter only hypothetically without reference to the pattern of selection of members made by the 2 Government. We, therefore, close the W.P.(C) leaving it open to the petitioners to approach this court, if the constitution of the Board is objectionable. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge P.S.GOPINATHAN Judge pms