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 1ST JULY 2010 / 10TH ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 20924 of 2009(I) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- NARAYANAN BHATTATHIRI, KARA ILLOM, THRIKKALASSERI, THIRUVALLA P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.D.SOMASUNDARAM RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.GOPAL, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 01/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: TRUE COPY OF GAZETTE NOTIFICATION. P2: TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT IN WPC NO.31575/2004 DT.21.3.2005. P3: TRUE COPY OF REPRESENTATION DT.21.4.2007 SUBMITTED BY PETITIONER. P4: TRUE COPY OF PROCEEDINGS DT.28.1.2009. P5: TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT DT.9.11.2001. P6: TRUE COPY OF ORDER DT.12.9.2005. TRUE COPY PS TO JUDGE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. .................................................................... W.P.(C) No.20924 of 2009 .................................................................... Dated this the 1st day of July, 2010. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. Heard counsel for the petitioner and Standing Counsel for the Travancore Devaswom Board. Petitioner claims karaima rights in the Mavelikkara Sree Krishna Temple. According to the petitioner, upto his grandfather's time the poojas were conducted by them. However, matter was referred to Ombudsman, a retired Judge of this court. His finding after due enquiry is that petitioner's family discontinued performance of karaima right as Shantis more than 60 years back. We do not think there is any justification to restore the rights to the petitioner's family after 60 years of break. W.P.(C) is accordingly dismissed upholding the decision of the Devaswom and accepting the recommendation of the Ombudsman. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge P.S.GOPINATHAN Judge pms