Travancore Devaswom Board v. Deputy Examiner, Local Fund Audit, Thiruvananthapuram

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL K.NARENDRAN MONDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF MARCH 2015/11TH PHALGUNA, 1936 RP.No. 170 of 2015 () IN DBA.25/2014 -------------------------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER IN DBA 25/2014 of HIGH COURT OF KERALA DATED 05-01-2015 REVIEW PETITIONER/PETITIONER ------------------------------------------------- TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD REP. BY ITS SECRETARY NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 003 BY ADV. SRI.MVS.NAMBOOTHIRY RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT ----------------------------------------- THE DEPUTY EXAMINER, LOCAL FUND AUDIT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY SR.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.A.RENJITH THIS REVIEW PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02-03-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

P.N.RAVINDRAN & ANIL K.NARENDRAN, JJ.

--------------------------- R.P. No.170 of 2015 IN D.B.A. No.25 of 2014 -------------------------- Dated this the 2nd day of March, 2015

O R D E R

P.N.Ravindran, J.

The prayer in this review petition is to review and recall the judgment delivered by this Court on 5.1.2015 dismissing D.B.A. No.25 of 2014 and to grant permission to appoint Sri.K.Rajan, former Deputy Director of Education, as Special Officer on a consolidated pay of Rs.15,000/- per mensem to assist the Manager of the schools run by the Travancore Devaswom Board. It is stated that the assistance of the said person is required by the Manager to properly handle the matters and that the Secretary, Travancore Devaswom Board who is also the Manager of educational institutions cannot by himself attend to the work as Manager for the reason that he has to deal with various matters relating to more than 1400 temples. It is also stated that the Secretary of the Travancore Devaswom Board may not have sufficient time to look after the academic matters.

2. We have in the judgment sought to be reviewed held that the day to day administration of the schools is done by the Headmasters and clerical staff of the school. We have also held that

R.P.No.170/2015 the Manager comes into the picture only in the matter of making appointments, initiating disciplinary action and in the matter of passing orders of transfer. For discharging those functions, if the manager needs assistance of others, he can very well utilse the services of the existing staff of the Travancore Devaswom Board. The Travancore Devaswom Board has been running education institutions for the several past decades. Its employees would have by now become familiar with the way in which education institutions have to run and the provisions of the Kerala Education Act and the rules thereunder. In such circumstances, we find no reason to review the judgment delivered by this Court on 5.1.2015 dismissing D.B.A. No.25 of 2014. The review petition fails and it is accordingly dismissed. No costs.

P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) ANIL K.NARENDRAN, (JUDGE) vps