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2025 Supreme(Ker) 2422

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Anil K. Narendran, J, P.V. BALAKRISHNAN
Devidas C. S/o Achuthankutty Menon – Appellant
Versus
Cochin Devaswom Board – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : T. Sanjay, Ardhra Krishna, Sreekanth G. Menon, Sanil Kumar G.
For the Respondents: K.P. Sudheer, Dinesh R. Shenoy, Suvin R. Menon, Joy Thattil Ittoop, Bijish B. Tom, Jacob Tomlin Varghese, Baby Sonia, Uthara A.S., Nevis Cassandra L. Caxton Loretta, Karun Mahesh, K.S. Arun Kumar, Krishna Kumar T.K.

JUDGMENT :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

1. The petitioners, who are devotees of Lord Poornathrayeesa of Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple, Tripunithura, which is a temple under the management of the 1st respondent Cochin Devaswom Board, subject to the restrictions in sub-section (2) of Section 62 of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1950, are before this Court in this writ petition seeking a declaration that the entire amounts obtained as donations in connection with Vrishchikoltsavam of Lord Poornathrayeesa are Devaswom Funds and be subjected to a thorough audit by the State Audit Department or any other organisation or person under the direct supervision of this Court. The petitioners have also sought for a writ of mandamus commanding the 1st respondent Cochin Devaswom Board to take immediate steps to account the income and expenses of the Temple Advisory Committees of the previous eight years, by the State Audit Department, or any other organization or person under the direct supervision of this Court; a writ of mandamus directing respondents 1 to 3 and 7 to take immediate action to take-down the various fake ‘official’ Instagram or social media accounts in the name of Sr

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