Civil court docket should resolve on appointment to Kazhakom publish at Koodalmanikyam Temple, says Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Friday disposed of petitions difficult a call of the Koodalmanikyam Devaswom Committee to nominate a member of the Ezhava neighborhood as ‘Kazhakom’ workers on the Koodalmanikyam Temple at Irinjalakuda in Thrissur.

The court docket mentioned that the disputed points raised within the petitions had been issues to be determined by a civil court docket and therefore the events had been at liberty to strategy the suitable civil court docket for aid.

A Division Bench of Justice Anil Ok. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. mentioned that any appointment made to the publish of Kazhakom on the temple can be topic to the choice of the civil court docket involved.

The Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board (KDRB) had suggested appointing Ok.S. Anurag of Cherthala from the rank checklist to the Kazhakom publish. The Board issued the recommendation memo to Anurag after the resignation of V.A. Balu, a member of the Ezhava neighborhood, who was initially appointed to the publish. His appointment was objected to by members of six Thanthri households related to the temple, who contended that the Kazhakam publish that was chargeable for sure ritualistic duties, was a hereditary function and ought to be crammed accordingly.

The court docket issued the order whereas disposing of petitions filed by members of a Varrier household, named Thekke Varriam, claiming hereditary Kazhakom rights on the temple. They argued that the Kazhakom on the Koodalmanikyam Temple was a hereditary publish. Being the hereditary proper holders, they’d the fitting to carry out the duties, they mentioned.