Petitioners seeking temple management assumed the writ petition was filed. They withdrew the petition during admission. The court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn.
Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL K.NARENDRAN
&
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.G. AJITHKUMAR
MONDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022 / 7TH AGRAHAYANA, 1944 WP(C) NO. 18721 OF 2019
PETITIONER/S:
1 SAJEEV, AGED 37 YEARS S/O.SASIDHARAN NAIR, POOVALLY, MUTTOM P.O., PALLIPPAD VILLAGE, HARIPPAD, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, PIN-690511. 2 ABHILASH, AGED 24 YEARS S/O.SATHEESAN, MEENATHERIL, LEKSHAM VEEDU, MUTTOM P.O., HARIPPAD, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, PIN-690511. 3 RANJEEV K.R., AGED 30 YEARS S/O.RAVEENDRAN, KOYITHARAYIL, MUTTOM P.O., HARIPPAD, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, PIN-690511. 4 DIVYARAJ D., AGED 33 YEARS LAKSHMI SADANAM, MUTTOM P.O., HARIPPAD, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, PIN-690511. 5 RENJITH S., AGED 35 YEARS S/O.SURENDRAN, NOORATTATHU, PADEETATHINGAL, MUTTOM P.O., HARIPPAD, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, PIN690511. BY ADV D.SAJEEV
RESPONDENT/S:
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OTHER PRESENT:
SRI S.RAJMOHAN- SR GOVERNMENT PLEADER ; SRI G.SANTHOSH KUMAR - STANDING COUNSEL -TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28.11.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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JUDGMENT
Anil K. Narendran, J.
The petitioners, who are the devotees of Sree Manakkattu Devi Temple, Pallippad, in Alappuzha District, have filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 2 and 3 to assume the management of Sree Marakkattu Devi Temple, invoking Sections 37 of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950; a writ of mandamus commanding the 3rd respondent to exercise the power of superintendence in the management of Sree Manakkattu Devi Temple and its assets, including properties, buildings and fixed assets; a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 and 2 to take immediate arrangements through the 4th respondent to supervise the day to day affairs of Sree Manakkattu Devi Temple, including poojas, festivals, etc. and to constitute a Temple Advisory Committee of the devotees, under the supervision of Travancore Devaswom Board, rejecting any special claim by Karayogams or any committee constituted by them; a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents 2 & 3 to consider and pass
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appropriate orders in the matters set forth in Ext.P7 notice and order assumption of management of Sree Manakkattu Devi
Temple, as expeditiously as possible.
admission, it was ordered to be posted when moved again.
the learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners do not want to prosecute this writ petition further and therefore, the same may be dismissed as withdrawn.
Recording the aforesaid submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
Sd/-
ANIL K. NARENDRAN, JUDGE
Sd/-
P.G. AJITHKUMAR, JUDGE
Dxy
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APPENDIX OF WP(C) 18721/2019
| PETITION | ER EXHI | BITS |
|---|---|---|
| EXHIBIT | P1 | TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF |
| APPENDIX XII - LIST OF GRANT IN AID DEVASWOMS. |
||
| EXHIBIT | P2 | TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF PROCLAMATION ISSUED ON 9TH JULY 1946. |
| EXHIBIT | P3 | TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF THE COVENANT IN THE HINDU RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT (ACT III OF 1079). |
| EXHIBIT | P4 | TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 03.04.2018 |
| ISSUED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER, PALLIPPAD. |
||
| EXHIBIT | P5 | TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER NO.19/18 DATED 17.04.2018 ISSUED BY THE VILLAGE OFFICER, PALLIPPAD. |
| EXHIBIT | P6 | TRUE COPY OF THE RELEVANT PAGES OF AUDIT |
| REPORT OF SREE MANAKKATTU DEVASWOM | ||
| DURING THE PERIOD 01.12.2013 TO 31.10.2016. |
||
| EXHIBIT | P7 | TRUE COPY OF THE LEGAL NOTICES DATED |
| 15.05.2018 ISSUED TO THE 1ST AND 2ND RESPONDENTS. |
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| EXHIBIT | P8 | TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 23.07.2018 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT. |
| EXHIBIT | P9 | TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED |
| 04.09.2018 IN W.P.(C) NO.28996 OF 2018 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT. |
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| EXHIBIT | P10 | TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED |
| 29.05.2019 SUBMITTED BY THE 1ST | ||
| PETITIONER BEFORE 2ND RESPONDENT. |
Sajeev
Abhilash
Ranjeev K.R.
Divyaraj D.
Renjith S.
The State of Kerala
Anil K. Narendran
P. G. Ajithkumar
As recorded by the court registry
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