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2013 Supreme(Ker) 917

THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, C.T.RAVIKUMAR
Venugopal – Appellant
Versus
Aneesh Kumar – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : O.V. Radhakrishnan and N.N. Sugunapalan, K. Radhamani Amma, Antony Mukkath, Mahesh V. Ramakrishnan and S. Sujin
For the Respondent: K. Jaju Babu, M. Ramesh Chander, V. Krishna Menon, V.M. Kurian and Noble Mathew, Sr. Government Pleader

ORDER :

Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, J.

1. The judgment sought to be reviewed was rendered holding that it is only a servant of Government of Kerala, who is not below the rank of Deputy Collector, who can be appointed as administrator in terms of S. 14 of the Guruvayur Devaswom Act, 1978, for short, the 'G.D. Act' and that the Legislature has made specific prescription in identifying the field of choice from which the Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee could appoint the administrator. One review petition is by the third respondent in the Writ Petition who was held to be not a servant of Government of Kerala and who is not one who can be held to be in the rank of Deputy Collector in the service of the Government of Kerala. The other is instituted with leave, by an officer in the Postal Department of the central Government, who pleads that the phrase "officer of Government" in S. 14 of the G.D. Act includes an officer of Central Government and therefore, the decision on the Writ Petition confining the field of choice to servants of Government of Kerala needs to be reviewed. We have heard respective learned senior counsel for the review petitioners, the learned counsel for the privat











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