J U D G M E N T

The petitioner has filed the captioned writ petition seeking to challenge Exts.P9, P11 and P12 orders issued by the respondents refusing to approve the change of management with reference to the ownership of T.K.M.M.U.P.

School, Edakadathy, Kanjirappally.

2. Heard Sri.K.S.Hariharaputhran, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as Smt. Shylaja S.L., the learned Government Pleader.

3. This Court notices that the school in question was under the management of one K.K. Madhavan, who had executed a Will (Ext.P6), under which the petitioner claims ownership and possession of the school as well as the property in question. On the basis of the Will and upon the death of the aforementioned K.K. Madhavan, the petitioner submitted an application under the relevant provisions of the Kerala Education Rules , 1959, seeking a change of management of the school in question.

4. By the proceedings at Ext.P9, the 2^nd respondent herein refused to carry out the transfer sought for by the petitioner, solely for the reason that the school was stated to be situated in a puramboke land. The petitioner, though, sought for review of the aforesaid finding by Ext.P11, the 2^nd respondent