IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH JUNE 2008 / 14TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 8345 of 2007(R) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ P.GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI, SECRETARY, VAIKOM MAHADEVA TEMPLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.MOHAN C.MENON RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, BOARD HEAD QUARTERS, TRIVANDRUM. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. SRI.SABU, PUTHENTHARA HOUSE, SOUTH NADA, VAIKOM. R3 BY ADVS. SRI.P.K.MURALEEDHARAN SRI.C.DEVANAND SRI.SUNU P.JOHN R1 AND R2 BY ADV. SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN, SC, TDB. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 04/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 SKETCH OF THE TEMPLE AND THE NEARBY AREAS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE POINT IN ISSUE. EXT.P2 TRUE COPY OF ROC 8061 OF 2004 DATED 20.11.2004 EXT.P3 TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT DATED 7.2.2005 IN WPC 38869 OF 2003 B EXT.P4 TRUE COPY OF TENDER NOTIFICATION PUBLISHED IN MATHRUBHOOMI DAILY DATED 12.9.2006 EXT.P5 TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT DATED 4.10.2006 IN WPC 25787 OF 2006 EXT.P6 TRUE COPY OF NOTIFICATION OF ADJOURNMENT EXT.P7 TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DATED 4.10.2006 EXT.P8 TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DATED 25.10.2006 EXT.P9 TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DATED 24.1.2007 RESPONDENTS1 AND 2'S EXHIBITS: ANNEXURE A TRUE COPY OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER, TDB DATED 6.3.2006 ANNEXURE B TRUE COPY OF THE APPROVED NOTE OF THE DECISION OF THE TRAVANCOFE DEVASWOM BOARD DATED 22.3.2006 THIRD RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: EXT.R3(1) TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 6.3.2006 EXT.R3(2) TRUE COPIES OF LICENCE FEE RECEIPTS EXT.R3(3) TRUE COPY OF ROUGH SKETCH (OF THE PROPOSED PLAN SITE OF PARKING GROUND) TRUE COPY P.S. TO JUDGE. C .N. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & V.K. MOHANAN, JJ. -------------------------------------------- W.P.C. No. 8345 OF 2007 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 4th day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair,J. The prayer in this Writ Petition is for direction to the Devaswom Board to demolish all the old buildings in the Devaswom property and provide for parking area to the devotees. This Court issued several interim orders directing the Devaswom to make arrangements to provide land for parking. Counsel for the Devaswom Board today submitted that shifting and demolition are going on and in the course of three to four months work will be completed. We record this submission and close the Writ Petition with specific direction to the Devaswom Board to complete the process and make available land for parking at least by 30.9.2008, failing which petitioner can move this Court for contempt. (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR) Judge. (V. K. MOHAHAN) Judge. kk 2