JUDGMENT

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioner, who is a devotee of Mulluvakulangara Bhuvaneshwari Devi Temple, which is a temple under the management of the Travancore Devaswom Board, has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of certiorari to quash Ext.P6 order dated 26.11.2022 of the 2nd respondent Assistant Engineer, Public Works Department (Roads Division), Harippad; and a writ of mandamus commanding the 4th respondent Travancore Devaswom Board to protect the Devaswom land of Mulluvakulangara Bhuvaneshwari Devi Temple having an extent of 1.57 Ares comprised in Re-Survey No.309/4 of Pallippad Village and the temple structures existing in that property.

2. Going by the averments in the writ petition, the Kanikka Mandapam and Gopuram of Mulluvakulangara Bhuvaneshwari Devi Temple, which are directed to be demolished by Ext.P6 order dated 26.11.2022 of the 2nd respondent Assistant Engineer is situated in the land having an extent of 1.57 Ares comprised in Re-Survey No.309/4 of Pallippad Village. The said property is shown as Devaswom land in all revenue records including the Settlement Register, Ext.P1 Basic Tax Register (BTR) and Ext.P2