IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD FEBRUARY 2011 / 4TH PHALGUNA 1932 DBP.No. 2 of 2011() ---------------------------- IN THE MATTER OF TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD-APPOINTMENT OF A PART-TIME SANTHI IN KANNAMBALLIL DEVI TEMPLE-TDB-REPORT NO.192/2010 SUBMITTED BY THE OMBUDSMAN- SUO-MOTU PROCEEDINGS INITIATED -REG. --------------------------------- COMPLAINANTS ------------------------- DEVOTEES OF KANNAMBALLIL DEVI TEMPLE, AANJILIPRA, THATTARAMBALAM P.O., MAVELIKKARA. BY ADV. RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY,NANTHENCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE ASSISTANT DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, MAVELIKARA. 4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LOCAL FUND AUDIT , TDB-AUDIT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM R1TO R3 BY ADV. SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER, SC, TDB R4 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.LAKSHMI NARAYANAN BY SRI.KRISHNAKUMAR MANGOT,AMICUS CURIAE FOR FOR OMBUDSMAN THIS DEVASWOM BOARD PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: sts THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, JJ. ----------------------------------- D.B.P.No.2 of 2011 ------------------------------------ Dated this the 23rd day of February, 2011 JUDGMENT Thottathil B.Radhakrishnan,J. Based on the complaint of the devotees of the temple in question, learned Ombudsman has considered the issue and has opined that the Devaswom Board may sanction and appoint a part-time Santhi in the Kannamballil Devi Temple under the Mavelikkara Group of TDB within a specified time since otherwise, the devotees of the area will be put to serious inconvenience. We find no ground on which the Board shall not do this. Accordingly, it is directed that TDB shall sanction a post of part-time Santhi in the Kannamballil Devi Temple in the Mavelikkara Group of TDB and make appointment as against that post within a period of one month from now. The DBP is ordered accordingly. Sd/- THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, Judge. Sd/- S.S.SATHEESACHANDRAN, Judge. kkb.24/2.