ORDER :

A. Hariprasad, J.

1. Prologue

An order of reference made by a Division Bench on 24/09/2019 requesting the Honourable Chief Justice to place the entire files in W. P. (C) No. 20495 of 2019 for the consideration of a Full Bench and similar orders subsequently passed by another Division Bench resulted in boarding the captioned cases before us for determination of the questions raised. Individuals, who claim to be devotees/worshippers of Lord Guruvayurappan, the presiding deity in Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur, in their personal right and as the representatives of some religious organizations have challenged certain administrative decisions taken by Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee ("G.D.M.C.", for short) set up under the provisions of the Guruvayur Devaswom Act, 1978 ("Act of 1978", for short). Learned Judges constituting the Division Benches noticed apparent conflicts between the views taken in W. P. (C) No. 19035 of 2019 and C. K. Rajan v. State of Kerala (AIR 1994 Ker 179). According to the orders of reference, an authoritative pronouncement about the legal implicati