20-05-2025
Kerala high court seeks report on unauthorised occupants in donor houses at Sabarimala
Kochi: High court has sought reports from the chief police coordinator at Sabarimala and the Pampa station house officer, based on a report submitted by the Sabarimala special commissioner regarding unauthorised occupants in donor houses at Sannidhanam.
The bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and P V Balakrishnan also directed both officials to submit, by Monday, the details of media/media persons and officers from various govt departments who left Sabarimala with the keys to rooms allotted for their stay at Sannidhanam. The court was hearing a petition related to devaswom matters.
Earlier, the Sabarimala special commissioner had submitted a detailed report on the conduct of the annual festival and the 'Meda Masa Puja' at Sabarimala.
The report stated that one of the rooms in the cellar portion of Sabari Guest House was permanently occupied by one Anilkumar on behalf of 'Kumaran Silks', and that the only room in Sivasakthi, DH 5, where tiles were laid, was also in the possession of 'Kumaran Silks'.
The report further noted that some tiles in the Sabari Guest House were broken due to the breaking of coconuts inside the room, and it sought a directive to address the issue.
On Tuesday, the
Travancore Devaswom Board
(TDB) standing counsel informed HC that a report from the executive engineer of the Sabarimala development projects on the issue would be submitted by the next posting date. HC also sought instructions from the state and TDB regarding the disposal of 14 sacks of foreign coins and mutilated currency dumped in the old bhandaram, as highlighted in the special commissioner's report.
