IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2007 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1929 OP.No. 21795 of 2001(T) ---------------------------- PETITIONERS: --------------- 1. B.N. VISHNUMOHAN, “REVATHI” KELANPEEDIKA, KILIYANTHARA P.O. CANNANORE DISTRICT 2. B.N. SETHUMADHAVAN, CHURAKKAD, TRIPUNITHURA BY ADV. SRI.O.BALANARAYANAN SRI.B.N.SHIVSANKAR RESPONDENTS: ---------------- 1. GURUVAYOOR DEVASWAM MANAGING COMMITTEE REPRESENTED BY ITS ADMINISTRATOR, GURUVAYOOR, TRICHUR DISTRICT 2. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA STATE 3. THANTHRY, GURUVAYOOR TEMPLE, C/o GURUVAYOOR DEVASWOM MANAGING COMMITTEE GURUVAYOOR, TRICHUR DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.U.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, SC, GDB SRI.V.KRISHNA MENON SMT.P.VIJAYAMMA SMT.UMA GOPINATH THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20/06/2007 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: OP 21795/01 1 K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN & ANTONY DOMINIC, JJ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ O. P. No 21795 of 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: 20th June 2007 JUDGMENT Radhakrishnan, J. This is a public interest litigation seeking a direction to the first respondent - Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee prohibiting the Committee from accepting living objects as vazhipadu or offerings to Guruvayoor temple or deities therein from any worshipper and also for a direction to respondents 1 and 2 to sell all living objects including elephants offered by worshippers and existing now ensuring that the cows are not sold for slaughtering or in the alternate direct the first respondent to intimate the donors to create specific endowment of not less than Rs 25 lakhs for each elephant and not less than Rs 75,000/- for each cattle. We are of the view, these matters cannot be decided by this court in this proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Petitioners may place all these matters before the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee and the Committee will consider the same and take OP 21795/01 2 appropriate decision. With the above observation this writ petition is disposed of. C.M.P.No 35495 of 2001 would stand dismissed. Sd/- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN Judge Sd/- ANTONY DOMINIC Judge 27/06/2007 en [true copy] OP 21795/01 3 Order on CMP No 35495 of 2001 in OP No 21795 of 2001 ------------------------------------------- Dismissed. Id./-K.S.Radhakrishnan, Judge Id./-Antony Dominic, Judge APPENDIX Petitioner's exhibits: Ext P1 - Photocopy of news item in New Indian Express dated 30.06.2001 Respondent's exhibits: Annexure R1 - True copy of the resolution No 22 dated 8.1.2003 [true copy]