Anil K. Narendran, J.

1. The petitioner in W.P.(C)No.3206 of 2014 is a devotee of 'Sree Vallabha', the chief deity of Sree Vallabha Maha Temple, Thiruvalla, under the Travancore Devaswom Board. The Writ Petition has been filed seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 to 4 to conduct public auction of the right to open/operate temporary stalls/shops in the property belonging to Sree Vallabha Maha Temple, Thiruvalla, on individual basis to the prospective stall/shop operators, with adequate publicity in vernacular dailies, after sketching, identifying and estimating the available property, within such time as this Court may deem fit and proper in the interests of justice and for other consequential reliefs.

2. By order dated 26.11.2014, this Court referred the above Writ Petition to the Honourable Ombudsman for his report. After conducting a detailed enquiry, the Honourable Ombudsman has filed TDB Report No.13 of 2015.

3. In the Writ Petition the petitioner has made serious allegations in the conduct of the public auction to sell the right to run temporary stalls/shops on the Devaswom property of Sree Vallabha Maha Temple, Thiruvalla, during the annual festival season