IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.15602 OF 2018 & WRIT PETITION NOS.16383-16389 OF 2018 (GM-R/C) BETWEEN:
1. SRI. P. SANJEEV KOTIAN S/O LATE PUDDU AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/AT PANDESHWARA NEW ROAD, MANGALORE A HOBLI MANGALORE TALUK DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT-575 001 2. SMT SUJATHA AHALYA W/O SURESH LAKSHMI AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, R/AT DOOMAPPA COMPOUND OLD KENT ROAD, PANDESHWARA MANGALORE DAKSHINA KANANDA DISTRICT-575 001 3. SMT K C NEENA W/O SANTOSH KUMAR AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/AT DOOMAPPA COMPOUND PANDESHWARA, MANGALORE DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT-575 101 4. SRI K VINOD KUMAR S/O LATE SRINIVASA AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, R/AT PANDESHWARA NEW ROAD, MANGALORE DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT-575 101 5. SRI SURESH TALLAVIKA S/O K CHINDAN AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/AT DOOMAPPA COMPOUND OLD KENT ROAD, PANDESHWRA MANGALORE DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT-575 101 6. SRI N MAHESH RAO S/O LATE KRISHNA RAO N AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/AT NO.23-12-1198 NEAR RAMAKRISHNA MISSION MANGALA DEVI, MONKEY STAND MANGALORE DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT-575 101 7. SRI SURESH B N S/O A B NARAYANA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, R/AT TAILERY ROAD, MULIHITLU, BOLARA MANGALORE DAKSHINA KANNDA DISTRICT-575 101 8. SRI Y VASUDEV SHENOY S/O LATE JAGANNATH SHENOY AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/A SHENOY COMPOUND HARBOUR MANGALORE DAKHSINA KANNDA DISTRICT-575 101 … PETITIONERS (BY SRI.H.R.ANANTHA KRISHNA MURTHY, ADV.) AND:
1. THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER MAHALINGESHWARA TEMPLE PANDESHWARA MANGALORE-570 001 2. THE COMMISSIONER HINDU RELIGIOUS & CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS SRI MINTO ANJANEYA BHAVANAN 3RD FLOOR ALUR VENKATARAO ROAD, CAMARAJPET BENGALURU-560 018 … RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.V.SHIVAREDDY, HCGP) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT R-1 AND 2 TO PERMIT THE PETITIONERS TO FUNCTION AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS FORTHWITH AS PER THE NOTIFICATION DATED:26.03.2018 VIDE ANNEXURE-C AND ETC.
THESE PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
ORDER Sri.H.R.Anantha Krishna Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioners.
Sri.V.Shivareddy, learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent Nos.1 and 2.
In these petitions, the petitioners seeks for a direction to respondent Nos.1 and 2 to permit the petitioners to function as committee members forthwith as per the notification vide Ref.ADM.8.CR.116/2017-18 dated 26.03.2018 produced as Annexure-C.
2. When the matter was taken up today, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted the petition be disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file a fresh representation to the competent authority with regard to their grievance and the competent authority be directed to decide the same in accordance with law.
3. In view of the submission made and in the facts of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners that in case a fresh representation is made by them to the competent authority within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of the certified copy of the order passed today, the same shall be dealt with by the competent authority in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of receipt of such representation.
4. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case.
Accordingly, the petitions are disposed of.
Sd/- JUDGE dn/-