JUDGMENT :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioners in these writ petitions are the devotees of Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, which is under the management of Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee constituted under the Guruvayur Devaswom Act, 1978 . W.P.(C)No.33516 of 2023 is one filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a writ of certiorari to quash Ext.P1 order dated 17.07.2023 of the 5^th respondent Commissioner, Guruvayur Devaswom, granting permission for constructing a railway underpass as access for Thiruvenkidom Temple, which is a temple under the management of Thirupathi Thirumala Devaswom. The petitioner has also sought for other consequential reliefs in the said writ petition. In W.P.(C)No. 35459 of 2023 the petitioner has sought for a writ of certiorari to quash Ext.P8 decision No.71 dated 28.04.2023 of the 3^rd respondent Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee and Ext.P13 order dated 17.07.2023 of the 2^nd respondent Commissioner, Guruvayur Devaswom [which is Ext.P1 in W.P.(C)No.33516 of 2023]. The petitioner has also sought for other consequential reliefs.

2. On 12.10.2023, when W.P.(C)No.33516 of 2023, came up for admission, the learned Senior Government P