IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH DECEMBER 2007 / 28TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 WP(C).No. 35465 of 2007(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ V.AJITH KUMAR, AGED 38 YEARS, S/O VASUDEVAN, SHYAMALA BHAVAN, PERUMBAVOOR. BY ADV. SRI.A.T.ANILKUMAR RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, NANDANCODE, TRIVANDRUM, REP. BY DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER. 2. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, SUB GROUP OFFICE, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THRIKARIYOOR. 3. THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, SREE DHARMA SASTA TEMPLE, PERUMBAVOOR. BY ADV. SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/12/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN & T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. --------------------------------- W.P.(C).No.35465 OF 2007 ------------------------------------ Dated this the 19th day of December, 2007 JUDGMENT Radhakrishnan, J. Petitioner has approached this court seeking a direction to respondents 1 to 3 to remove the trunk of banyan tree which is lying idle in front of the Sree Dharma Sasta Temple at Perumbavoor for several months and take steps to avoid the obstruction to free movement and free offering of the devotees in the temple. Learned standing counsel for the Board submits that quotation was invited for cutting and removing the tree and also for auction of the timber. There is no bidders for the same and steps will be taken by the Board, it is submitted. Since trunk of banyan tree lying in front of the temple causes inconvenience to the devotees, we are inclined to direct the Board to take expeditious steps to remove the same within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Writ Petition is disposed of as above. K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN JUDGE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE sv.