JUDGMENT :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioners are the devotees of Lord Subrahmanya, the deity of Sree Subrahmanya Swamy Temple, Haripad, a temple under the management of the 1st respondent Travancore Devaswom Board. Some of them are members of ‘registered mandalam’ for electing the Temple Advisory Committee of Sree Subrahmanya Swamy Temple, Haripad, under Section 31A of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950. The petitioners have filed this writ petition, invoking the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 to 4 to take steps to constitute a Temple Advisory Committee in Sree Subrahmanya Swamy Temple, Haripad, in accordance with Ext.P1 Rules for the formation of Temple Advisory Committees in temples under the management of the Travancore Devaswom Board, notified on 30.01.2011, forthwith; a declaration that the ‘Koothambalam’ of Sree Subrahmanya Swamy Temple, Haripad, which is a historical monument in existence for the past 150 years cannot be demolished, renovated or altered without the approval or concurrence of the Temple Advisory Committee to be constituted under Sec