2024/KER/7098 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL K. NARENDRAN &

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G. GIRISH THURSDAY, THE 18^TH DAY OF JANUARY 2024 / 28TH POUSHA, 1945 WP(C) NO. 44006 OF 2023 PETITIONER :-

VENUGOPAL VARRIER, AGED 62 YEARS S/O LATE KRISHNA VARRIER, TC NO.55/2150, DEVI NAGAR, KALADI, KARAMANA.P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN - 679513 BY ADV G.VIDYA RESPONDENTS :-

1 COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD BUILDING, DEVASWAM HEADQUARTERS, SWARAJ ROUND WEST THRISSUR DISTRICT, PIN - 680001

2 CHIEF VIGILANCE OFFICER COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD BUILDING, DEVASWAM HEADQUARTERS, SWARAJ ROUND WEST THRISSUR DISTRICT, PIN - 680001 *3 MANOJ AMBRANTHIRI SREE BHADRA VILASAM, NEAR PALLI PARAMBUKAVU TEMPLE, THRIPUNITHURA, ERNAKULAM-682301.

*ADDL.R3 IS IMPLEADED AS PER ORDER DATED 18.01.2024 IN I.A.NO.1 OF 2024 SRI. KP SUDHEER, SC, CDB, SRI. S. RAJMOHAN, SR. GP THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18.01.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

JUDGMENT

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioner, who is a devotee of Chottanikkara Devi Temple, a temple under the management of Cochin Devaswom