Sale of Mahindra Thar to NRI not accorded but, Guruvayur Devaswom tells HC

By Express News Service

KOCHI: The Guruvayur Devaswom Management Committee has knowledgeable the Kerala High Court that the Commissioner is but to accord sanction for the sale of the Mahindra Thar to an NRI and the car continues to be within the custody of the Board.

The courtroom recorded the submission and adjourned the case to February 22. The courtroom additionally directed to furnish the small print of the Mahindra Thar obtained as an providing from Anand Mahindra, chairperson of Mahindra and Mahindra and later auctioned off by the Devaswom to Amal Muhammed Ali of Ernakulam.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Ok Narendran and Justice PG Ajith Kumar additionally directed the Commissioner of Guruvayur Devaswom to file a counter-affidavit. The courtroom issued the order on the petition filed by Sreekumar Mankuzhy, Secretary of Hindu Seva Kendram, Ernakulam looking for to restrain the Devaswom from transferring the possession of Mahindra Thar bearing Registration No. KL-46V-9454.

The courtroom in its earlier order identified that as per sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Guruvayur Devaswom Act, no movable property of nonperishable nature which is within the possession of the Committee and the worth of which is greater than 5 thousand rupees and no jewelry shall be offered, pledged, or in any other case alienated except it’s sanctioned by the Commissioner. Before giving sanction, the Commissioner shall publish the particulars referring to the proposed transaction in such method as could also be prescribed inviting objections and strategies with respect thereto and shall duly take into account all objections and strategies obtained from the Committee or different individuals having an curiosity within the temple, said the courtroom.

The petitioner identified that severe irregularity and illegality have been perpetrated by the Guruvayur Devaswom. The choice to place the car devoted to the deity of Sree Krishna in Guruvayoor Temple to public sale was in complete violation of the provisions of the Guruvayoor Devaswom Act and the overall rules relating to the public sale and offered the identical accepting a single bid for a value lesser than the unique value of the car

Advocate Ok Krishna Raj, counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the rationale said by the President of the Devaswom for conducting the public sale was that the Devaswom couldn’t use the off-road car for each day functions, however this was completely false. The motion of the Administrator auctioning the car with out being determined by the Managing Committee is completely unlawful, he submitted.