{"id":246272,"date":"2010-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kumara-sarma-vs-travancore-devaswom-board-on-13-july-2010"},"modified":"2017-11-18T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T13:53:14","slug":"kumara-sarma-vs-travancore-devaswom-board-on-13-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kumara-sarma-vs-travancore-devaswom-board-on-13-july-2010","title":{"rendered":"Kumara Sarma vs Travancore Devaswom Board on 13 July, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kumara Sarma vs Travancore Devaswom Board on 13 July, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 1177 of 2010()\n\n\n1. KUMARA SARMA, AGED 54 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER,\n\n3. J.RAO JAYACHANDRAN, ASST.DEVASWOM\n\n4. SRI.G.NANDAKUMAR, SUB GROUP OFFICER,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.PUSHPARAJAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.S.GOPINATHAN\n\n Dated :13\/07\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                   C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR &amp;\n                            P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ.\n              ....................................................................\n                      Writ Appeal No.1177 of 2010\n              ....................................................................\n                 Dated this the 13th day of July, 2010.\n\n                                     JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Ramachandran Nair, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Heard counsel for the appellant and Standing Counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>Travancore Devaswom Board. Even though counsel for the appellant<\/p>\n<p>has denied all the allegations raised by the Devaswom Board, we do<\/p>\n<p>not think there is any justification for this court to interfere with the<\/p>\n<p>transfer orders. It is for the appellant to raise all his objections in<\/p>\n<p>enquiry, if any, held or action, if any, proposed for the alleged corrupt<\/p>\n<p>practice. Writ Appeal is dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                               C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR<br \/>\n                                               Judge<\/p>\n<p>                                               P.S.GOPINATHAN<br \/>\n                                               Judge<br \/>\npms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Kumara Sarma vs Travancore Devaswom Board on 13 July, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 1177 of 2010() 1. KUMARA SARMA, AGED 54 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REPRESENTED &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DEVASWOM COMMISSIONER, 3. J.RAO JAYACHANDRAN, ASST.DEVASWOM 4. 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