IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 20TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 29TH KARTHIKA 1930 WP(C).No. 34166 OF 2008(P) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- THIRU ETTUMANOOR BHAKTHAJANA SAMGHOM, REG. NO. K 406/200, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, PROF.P.S. SANKARAN NAIR, S/O. P.K. KESAVA PILLAI, NOW RESIDING AT SREE SAILAM, ETTUMANOOR.P.O. BY ADV. SRI.P.B.SAHASRANAMAN SRI.K.JAGADEESH SRI.T.S.HARIKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, ETTUMANOOR. 3. THE ADMIMINISTRATOR, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, ETTUMANOOR. SRI. K.N. VENUGOPALA PANICKER, S.C. FOR T.D.B. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.R. RAMAN & T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) NO. 34166 OF 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = DATED THIS, THE 20TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2008. J U D G M E N T Raman, J. Petitioner, Thiru Ettumanoor Bhakthajana Samghom, seeks to quash Exts.P2 and P3 proceedings of the Travancore Devaswom Board and to direct the Advocate Commissioner to receive the amount collected by them and use the same for the purpose of main religious rituals in connection with the Dhwaja Punaprathishta in the Ettumanoor Sree Mahadeva Temple and to treat the petitioner as sponsor of the said rituals. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that by Ext.P1 they there authorised to collect funds for the above said rituals and they have already collected the some amount. While so, Exts.P2 and P3 the said order was cancelled and a new committee was constituted by Ext.P3. 3. In this connection, it has to be noticed that though a new committee was constituted, we had by Ext.P4 order, appointed an Advocate Commissioner and given necessary directions to foresee the various matters connected with the Dhwaja Punaprathishta at Ettumanoor Sree Mahadeva W.P.(C) 34166/2008 :2: Temple. In view of Ext.P4 order, it is not necessary to quash Exts.P2 and P3 since Ext.P4 will take care of the situation. As regards the other prayer for issuance of a writ of mandamus, since an officer is appointed by this Court, no writ will lie. It is unnecessary to issue any writ as prayed for since by Ext.P5 order the Board has clarified that the amount collected by the petitioner is to be remitted into a particular Bank Account earmarked for the Dhwaja Punaprathishta fund alone. In such circumstances as and when the petitioner remits the amount to the Bank Account as per Ext.P5, information may be conveyed to the Commissioner appointed by this Court so that he can ensure that every amount offered for Dhwaja Prathishta is accounted properly. The writ petition is closed. P.R. RAMAN, (JUDGE) T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, (JUDGE) knc/-