IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN MONDAY, THE 25TH APRIL 2011 / 5TH VAISAKHA 1933 WP(C).No. 301 of 2011(K) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- SRI.VIJAYAN NAIR. K., ANKATHIL HOUSE, MARAMON P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.S.HARIKRISHNAN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, TDB HEAD QUARTERS, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, TDB HEAD QUARTERS, NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- 695 001. 3. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, TDB, ARANMULA P.O – 689 533. 4. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, VALIAKOIKKAL SASTHA TEMPLE, PANDALAM P.O - 689 501. 5. THE SECRETARY, PANDALAM KOTTARAM NIRVAHAKA SANGHAM, NEAR PANDALAM, VALIAKOIKKAL SASTHA TEMPLE, PANDALAM P.O – 689 501. 6. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, SREE PARTHASARATHY TEMPLE, ARANMULA P.O – 689 533. W.P.(C). NO.301/2011-K: 7. THE PALLIYODA SEVA SANGHAM, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, PANCHAJANYAM, ARANMULA P.O – 689 533. 8. SRI.SREERANGANATHAN, SREEPADAM HOUSE, ARANMULA P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT- 689 645. R1 TO R3 BY SRI.V.V.NANDAGOPAL NAMBIAR,S.C,T.D.B, R5 BY ADVS. SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL, SMT.AMBIKA RADHAKRISHNAN, R7 BY ADV. SRI.S.SUDHEESHKAR, R8 BY ADV. SRI.M.R.SUDHEENDRAN, ADV. SRI. D. ANIL KUMAR (AMICUS CURIAE). THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25/04/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN & S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, JJ. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W.P.(C) No. 301 of 2011 K ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dated this the 25th day of April, 2011 J U D G M E N T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, J. This writ petition is filed by a person stating that he is a devotee of Sabarimala Sree Dharmasastha. The grievance voiced is relating to the locus of a halting station for the 'Thiruvabharanam' procession on its return way to Pandalam from Sannidhanam. Though the 8th respondent says that the halting station has to be only where it was during the previous years, the fact of the matter appears to be that the halting station, originally conceived, has, with the passage of time, become unworkable, in as much as, admittedly, at least a portion of the Aranmula Palace has been pulled down and what the 8th respondent claims is only that he and W.P.(C) No.301/2011 : 2 : his wife are in possession of some portion. We, therefore, accept the submission of the TDB in the presence of the President of the Board that discussions are being carried on between the Board and the relevant parties including the Pandalam Kottaram Nirvahaka Sangham. We record the submission and leave the parties to work out the ways and means for the halting station for the coming years. We order that the decision of the Devaswam Board would be final. 2. Before parting, we see on record that there is an affidavit of the 5th respondent stating that there is no dedication of the 'Thiruvabharanam' to 'Lord Ayyappa'. That issue may not be germane for the decision of the case. We deem it appropriate to indicate that dedication does not necessarily depend upon any order of authorities and if it is not to be treated as dedication, the matter of accounting and other details would stand against the interest of the 5th respondent. W.P.(C) No.301/2011 : 3 : With the aforesaid, we order the writ petition as above. Sd/- (THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN, JUDGE) Sd/- (S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, JUDGE) aks/25.04 // True Copy // P.A. To Judge