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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 31987

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Viju Abraham, J
Vijeesh S – Appellant
Versus
Malabar Devaswom Board – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 32299 OF 2025

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Binoy Vasudevan, Sreejith Sreenath, Rincy Khader, K.V. Rajeswari
For the Respondents: R. Ranjanie, K. Mohanakannan, Maya S. Kumar

The High Court may direct a statutory appellate authority to dispose of a pending appeal within a specified timeframe to ensure administrative justice and avoid undue delay to the aggrieved party.

Headnote:The petitioner filed a writ petition challenging an order of termination, having previously preferred an appeal before the statutory authority. The court noted the absence of contention from the respondents regarding the requirement to dispose of the pending appeal. The issue before the court was whether the appellate authority should be directed to hear and dispose of the pending appeal within a reasonable timeframe. The court observed that it is appropriate to mandate the respondent to consider the appeal after providing the parties an opportunity to be heard. The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to pass orders on the pending appeal within an outer limit of three months.

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1. court mandate for time-bound disposal of statutory appeals. (Para 1 , 2)

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 26^th day of May, 2026 Aggrieved by Ext.P5 order of termination, petitioner has preferred Ext.P6 appeal before the 2^nd respondent. Petitioner seeks for an expeditious disposal of the same.

2. The learned Standing Counsel for respondents 1 and 2 submits that an appropriate decision will be taken on Ext.P6 appeal without any delay.

Taking into consideration the above facts and circumstances, I am inclined to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 2^nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P6 appeal, after affording an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner and respondents 4 and 5. A decision in this regard shall be taken within an outer limit of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 31987

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAMViju Abraham, JVijeesh S – AppellantVersusMalabar Devaswom Board – RespondentWP(C) NO. 32299 OF 2025

The High Court may direct a statutory appellate authority to dispose of a pending appeal within a specified timeframe to ensure administrative justice and avoid undue delay to the aggrieved party.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Viju Abraham, J
Vijeesh S – Appellant
Versus
Malabar Devaswom Board – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 32299 OF 2025