JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the petitioner seeking a writ of mandamus commanding respondents 1 to 4 to give him the copy of document No.109/1122 ME of SRO Ambalappuzha and the plaint copy, decree and judgment in O.S. No. 43 of 1952 on the file of the Munisff’s Court, Haripad.

2. Going by the averments in the writ petition, the property covered in document bearing No.109/1122 ME of SRO Ambalappuzha belongs to the family of the petitioner, and it relates to the properties of Trippakudam Devaswom falling under the Mavelikkara and Haripad Group of Travancore Devaswom Board. The original of that document is in the custody of the 1^st respondent, Travancore Devaswom Board. Some litigations were pending with the Travancore Devaswom Board in the Munsiff’s Court, Haripad, which was numbered as O.S. No.43 of 1952. The copies of the plaint, judgment and decree of that suit are also in the custody of the 1^st respondent. Though the petitioner approached the 1^st respondent for these documents, they were not furnished to him. The petitioner had approached this Court for necessary reliefs by filing W.P.(C)No.13249 of 2012,