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Kerala High Court retired justice K.T. Sankaran, appointed by the tribunal to appraise each valuables of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, visited the elevation shrine connected Saturday.
Having reached Pampa precocious connected Friday , Mr. Sankaran trekked to the temple astir 8 a.m. connected Saturday. He was accompanied by officials from the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), including the Thiruvabharanam Commissioner and a goldsmith. After examining the strongroom of the elevation shrine, the squad volition hole a elaborate inventory of its contents.
Officials said that aft completing the procedures astatine Sabarimala, Mr. Sankaran volition besides inspect the TDB’s main strongroom astatine Aranmula connected Monday.
Report to court
A Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar had recommended Mr. Sankaran for the task. Upon completion of the appraisal, helium volition taxable the study straight to the High Court.
Meanwhile, TDB president P.S. Prasanth said enactment would beryllium initiated against 9 officials whose lapses were pointed retired by the board’s Vigilance helping during an probe into losses of golden astatine the Sabarimala temple.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Prasanth said enactment had already been initiated against Deputy Devaswom Commissioner (Haripad) and erstwhile administrative serviceman B. Murari Babu.
“Vigilance has identified lapses connected the portion of 9 officials. We person already taken enactment against Mr. Babu. Action against the remaining officials volition beryllium decided astatine the committee gathering connected Tuesday,” helium said.
He added that among those apt to look enactment are TDB caput Jayashree, enforcement serviceman Sudheesh, administrative serviceman Sreekumar, and erstwhile Thiruvabharanam Commissioner K.S. Baiju. “The serviceman who succeeded Mr. Baiju was alert of the value simplification successful golden but failed to study it,” Mr. Prasanth said.
2019 order
According to him, a 2019 committee bid had directed that the Dwarapalaka plates beryllium handed implicit nether the supervision of the Thiruvabharanam Commissioner, with work and sponsorship assigned to Unnikrishnan Potty.
He added that preparations for the Sabarimala pilgrimage play were progressing and astir 60 lakh devotees were expected this year.
