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The Kerala High Court has struck down the applicable provisions of the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Act that empowered the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board (KDRB) to name candidates to assorted posts successful the devaswom, and successful aided acquisition institutions nether the devaswom.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Sushruth Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. directed that further proceedings relating to the assignment oregon enactment of candidates to these posts, indispensable beryllium done arsenic per the Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978. The absorption came connected an entreaty filed by the Guruvayur Devaswom Employees Union Congress and others, challenging the applicable provisions of the KDRB Act.
The tribunal besides quashed the notification issued by the KDRB inviting applications for assorted posts and added that the KDRB shall not henceforth behaviour immoderate enactment proceedings for appointments to these posts. Appointments already made by the committee would stay undisturbed.
In addition, the managing committee of Guruvayur Devaswom has to initiate the assignment process afresh, portion a peculiar committee would supervise and power the full process. The committee would person a 1 twelvemonth tenure.
The HC further went connected to name arsenic the committee’s head, retired justice of the Kerala High Court, P.N. Ravindran. The different members would beryllium the Administrator of the Devaswom’s managing committee and K. Anand, a lawyer.
