IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR.K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN FRIDAY, THE 23RD MARCH 2007 / 2ND CHAITHRA 1929 OP.No. 13427 of 1993(W) ----------------------- PETITIONER: -------------- SIVAN KADHALY, PRESIDENT, DR.AMBEDKAR SAMSKARIKA VEDI, CENTRAL COMMITTEE, WEST VENGOLA ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, S/O.CHANGI, AGED 30 YEARS, RESIDING AT KADHALIPARAMBIL HOUSE, WEST VENGOLA ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.A.X.VARGHESE RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. THE ADMINISTRATOR, GURUVAYOOR DEVASWOM, GURUVAYOOR. 2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, THIRUVITHAMCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, TRIVANDRUM. 3. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, TRIVANDRUM. BY ADV. SRI.U.K.RAMAKRISHNAN, SC, GDB SRI.K.RADHAKRISHNAN (SR.) SRI.M.K.CHANDRA MOHANDAS SRI.K.RAMAKUMAR SRI.SAJEEV KUMAR K.GOPAL SRI.P.VIJAYARAGHAVAN, SC, TDB R3 BY SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER MR.M.R.SABU SRI.KODOTH SREEDHARAN, SC, GDB SRI.M.RAMESH CHANDER, SC, GDB THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/03/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN, Ag.C.J. & M.N.KRISHNAN, J. ------------------------------- O.P.No.13427 of 1993 ------------------------------- Dated, this the 23rd day of March, 2007 JUDGMENT Radhakrishnan, Ag.C.J. This writ petition was preferred seeking a writ of certiorari to quash Exts.P1 and P2 notifications preventing any person other than a Bhramin and a Namboodiri to be appointed as head priest in the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple and Sabarimala Malikapuram Temple. We are of the view that as the notification is of the year 1993 by the lapse of time this writ petition must have become infructuous, especially when for subsequent years similar notifications were issued and appointments were effected. Original petition is dismissed as infructuous. All pending interlocutory applications would stand dismissed. K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN, Ag.CHIEF JUSTICE. M.N.KRISHNAN, JUDGE. vns O.P.No.13918/1999 2