Some modifications in the said scheme were made later on.
A Full Bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed the said writ petition.
The Governor of Kerala promulgated an ordinance known as Guruvayur Devaswom Ordinance, No.
314 of 1973 in a writ petition filed on behalf of the denomination of the temple.
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT The First Appellant herein is President, Kerala Kshethra Samrakshina Samithi and the Second Appellant herein is the General Secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Kerala State.
The Zamorin Raja preferred an appeal thereagainst before the High Court of Madras which were marked as A.S. No.
1 of 1929 before the District Court of South Malabar.
25 of 1977.
The Legislature of the State of Kerala thereafter enacted Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1978 the 1978 Act with a view to make provision for the proper administration of the Guruvayoor Devaswom.
By reason of the impugned judgment, a 5 Judge Bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed the said writ petition.
The Appellants herein are, thus, before us.
Disputes and differences arose between the Zamorin Raja and the Karanavan of the Illom mainly about Orrayma rights which were ultimately determined by a judgment of the Madras High Court in A.S. No.
A Bench of Five Judges of the Kerala High Court struck down the said Amending Act in Krishnan Vs.
They filed a writ petition before the High Court praying for the following reliefs i declare that the Hindus in the Council of Ministers of the Leftist Democratic Front, respondents 4 to 14 herein, have numbermanner of authority to numberinate Members to the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee in the light of the pronouncement of this Honourable Court in 1985 KLT 629 and other ruling of the Kerala High Court and that any move initiated by them to so numberinate and companystitute the Managing Committee will be illegal and unconstitutional and violative of the petitioners Fundamental Rights under Articles 14, 21, 25 26 of the Constitution of India ii issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing respondents 4 to 14 to refrain from numberinating any members to the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee in pursuance of the provisions of Section 4 of the Guruvayoor Devaswom Act 1978 iii issue an interim order of stay of all steps initiated by respondents 1 4 to 14 to numberinate any member members to the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee pending disposal of the above original petition before this Honourable Court A Division Bench of the said Court having regard to the importance of the question involved in the writ petition by an order dated 9th July, 1999 referred the matter to a larger bench.
The Karanavan of the Mallissery Illom thereupon filed O.S. No.
Zamorin Raja and the Karanavan of the Mallissery Illom were the hereditary trustees of the temple.
The Guruvayoor Devaswom Act, 1971, Act 6 of 1971 was framed after the Government established a Commission to enquire into the cause of the fire, which destroyed the temple in 1970.
812 of 1971, claiming infringement of their fundamental rights under Articles 19, 25 and 26 of Constitution of India.
35/1887 on 1 11 1880.
W I T H CIVIL APPEAL NO.
The worshippers of the Temple also filed O.S. No.
211 and 212 of 1930.
The Act was thereafter amended by Act 12 of 1972, which again came to be challenged in O.P. No.
The history and legends of the temple are intimately linked with great saints like Villwamangalam Swamiyar, Melpathur, the author of Narayaneeyam, Poonthanam and Kururamma.
6674 OF 1999 B. SINHA, J BACKGROUND FACT Sri Krishna Temple situated at Guruvayoor is one of the most famous temples in the world.
The validity of the Act was challenged before the Kerala High Court by the hereditary trustees in O.P. No.
The District Court by a judgment and decree dated 25 10 1929 upheld the claim of the Karanavan of the Mallissery Illom to be made a joint trustee along with Zamorin Raja as a result whereof the scheme was amended.
Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee since reported in 1979 KLT 350.
The 1978 Act was enacted having regard to the decision of the 5 Judge Bench of Kerala High Court in Krishnan supra .
After the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1926 came into force, a scheme for administration of the Temple and its properties was framed in terms whereof the Zamorin Raja was entrusted with the management of the Temple under the supervision of the officers of the Board.
The High Court of Madras disposed of the appeals by a companymon judgment dated 21 11 1930 companyfirming the decision of the District Court rejecting the prayer for appointment of number hereditary trustees.
