IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 15TH JANUARY 2009 / 25TH POUSHA 1930 WP(C).No. 225 of 2009(B) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- GOPALAKRISHNAN EMBRANTHIRI, MELSANTHI CHAKKAMKULANGARA SIVA TEMPLE, TRIPUNITHURA, RESIDING AT 'SREENIVAS'PEROOR LANE, TRIPUNITHURA. BY ADV. SRI.S.KRISHNAMOORTHY. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, DEVASWOM BUILDING, TRICHUR. 2. DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER,COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOM BUILDING,TRICHUR. 3. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, TRIPUNITHURA DEVASWOM, TRIPUNITHURA. 4. DEVASWOM OFFICER, TRIPUNITHURA DEVASWOM, TRIPUNITHURA. 5. BALAKRISHNAN EMBRANTHIRI, MORAIKKATTU MADOM, EROOR P.O.TRIPUNITHURA. R1 TO R4 BY ADV. SRI.K.GOPALAKRISHNA KURUP,SC,COCHIN D.B, R5 BY ADV. SRI.V.P.K.PANICKER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15/01/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.225/2009-B: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBITS: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE ORDER DTD. 13/10/2006 OF THE R.1. EXT.P.2: COPY OF THE JUDGMENT IN W.A. NO. 2537/99 DTD. 13/10/2000 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. EXT.P.3: COPY OF THE ORDER NO. M4.4374/08 DTD. 29/12/2000 ISSUED BY THE R.1. EXT.P.4: COPY OF THE ORDER DTD. 17/12/2008 OF THE R.1. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBIT: EXT.R5.A: COPY OF THE SENIORITY LIST OF SANTHIKAR UNDER THE COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD AS ON 30/09/2008. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE. prv. T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W.P.(C). No.225/2009-B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dated this the 15th day of January, 2009 J U D G M E N T The petitioner who is the melsanthi of Chakkamkulangara Siva Temple administered by the Cochin Devaswom Board is aggrieved by the order of transfer, Ext.P3. As per Ext.P3, he has been transferred to Thiru Ayini Temple. He has challenged the order of transfer on various grounds. In the place of the petitioner, the fifth respondent has been appointed in Chakkamkulangara Siva Temple. He was relieved from the Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple after serving there as purappeda santhi. It is submitted by either side that in view of the difficulties pointed out by the petitioner in the writ petition, the order of transfer, Ext.P3, can be given effect to after a period of six months from today. 2. Therefore, in the light of the above submission, it is made clear that Ext.P3 will be given effect to from 01/07/2009. The fifth respondent who was working in the Thiru Ayini Temple prior to his service in the Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple will be accommodated in the existing vacancy of W.P.(C) No.225/2009 -:2:- santhi at the Thiru Ayini Temple till 01/07/2009, and the petitioner will move to Thiru Ayini Temple to join there on 01/07/2009. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) ms