V.Mohanan Namboothiri v. The Travancore Devaswom Board
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 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2015/20TH MAGHA, 1936 WP(C).No. 26668 of 2013 (G) ---------------------------- PETITIONER:
-------------------- V.MOHANAN NAMBOOTHIRI MELSANTHI, KADAVOOR DEVASWOM, THATTARAMBALAM SUB GROUP MAVELIKARA GROUP, RESIDING AT VETHIRAMANAR ILLAM MATTAM NORTH, THATTARAMBALAM.P.O., MAVELIKARA-690 102. BY ADVS.SRI.R.RAJASEKHARAN PILLAI SMT.SABINA JAYAN RESPONDENTS:
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1. THE TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY DEVASWOM BOARD BUILDINGS, NANTHANCODE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PIN 695 001.
2. THE COMMISSIONER TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, DEVASWOM BOARD BUILDINGS NANTHANCODE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PIN 695 001.
3. UNNIKRISHNAN NAMBOOTHIRI SECRETARY, SOUTHERN REGION THANTHRI SAMAJAM RESIDING AT PLAKKUDI ILLAM, EREZHA NORTH CHETTIKULANGARA.P.O., MAVELIKARA-690 106.
R1-R3 BY ADV. SRI.A.N.RAJAN BABU, SC, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09-022015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
P.N.RAVINDRAN & ANIL K.NARENDRAN, JJ.
--------------------------- W.P.(C) No.26668 of 2013 -------------------------- Dated this the 9th day of February, 2015
J U D G M E N T
P.N.Ravindran, J.
The petitioner who was the Melsanthi of Kadavoor Devaswom filed this writ petition on 30.10.2013 seeking a declaration that Ext.P1 judgment of this Court does not contemplate imparting of compulsory training to all Santhis in the service of the Travancore Devaswom Board. At the time when the writ petition was filed, the petitioner was in service as the Melsanthi of Kadavoor Devaswom. The petitioner has since retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation. He cannot therefore be said to be a person aggrieved by the decision to impart compulsory training to all Santhis. The writ petition has in our opinion become infructuous by efflux of time. It is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) ANIL K.NARENDRAN, (JUDGE) vps