Suo Moto v. Travancore Devaswom Board

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN MONDAY, THE 19TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2015/27TH ASWINA, 1937 DBP.No. 107 of 2015 () ----------------------- (IN THE MATTER OF DEVASWOM - TDB AND CDB - 29TH PERIODICAL REPORT FROM THE PERIOD 01.06.2015 TO 31.08.2015 - SUO MOTU PROCEEDINGS INITIATED - REG.) PARTIES/RESPONDENT(S):

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TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

2.

COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THRISSUR.

3.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LOCAL FUND AUDIT, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

4.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, LOCAL FUND AUDIT, COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD, THRISSUR.

R1 BY ADV. SRI.M.V.S.NAMBOOTHIRI, SC, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD R3 & R4 BY SRI.R.RENJITH, GOVERNMENT PLEADER R2 BY SRI.KRISHNA MENON, SC, COCHIN DEVASWOM BOARD ADV.P.RAMACHANDRAN, AMICUS CURIAE FOR OMBUDSMAN THIS DEVASWOM BOARD PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 19-10-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

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THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & ANU SIVARAMAN, JJ.

.................................................................... D.B.P.No.107 of 2015 .................................................................... Dated this the 19th day of October, 2015.

O R D E R

Thottathil B.Radhakrishnan, J.

Detailed orders have been issued today in O.P.No.3821 of 1990, DBP No.1 of 2015 and in this DBP regarding appointment of Ombudsman and matters connected with that office, including the staff.

Insofar as the other issues are concerned, the Travancore Devaswom Board and Cochin Devaswom Board shall comply with the requirements in terms of the report of the learned Ombudsman and report their action to the learned Ombudsman. This DBP is ordered accordingly.

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