IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA
, J
Seventh Day Adventist Church and Another v. State of Kerala and Others
1. This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking the following reliefs:
(i) to call for the records leading to Exhibit P4 order and quash the same by issuance of a writ of certiorari.
(ii) to issue a declaration the Manual of Guidelines to Prevent and Control Communal Disturbances and to promote Communal Harmony, 2005, is formulated as G.O(P) No.217/2005 / Home dated 25/07/2005 does not have any force of law.
(iii) to issue a declaration that the 2nd respondent cannot curtail or infringe the conducting of worship peacefully by the members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the property owned and managed by the 1st petitioner.
(iv) to issue such other writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of this case.
2. Material facts for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows; since year 1970 onwards, the believers belonging to the Christian sect of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ernakulam are conducting prayers and worship on all Saturdays between 9.30 am and 1 p.m. in a peaceful manner causing no disturbance of any form whatsoever. The prayers and worships are conducted in the premises of the Seventh Day A
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