(1.) The prayers in the afore captioned Writ Petition (Civil) are as follows:
(2.) Heard Sri.Mahesh V.Ramakrishnan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Sri.R.Lakshmi Narayan, learned Standing Counsel for the Malabar Devaswom Board, appearing for respondents 1 to 3 and Sri.K.Pramod, learned counsel appearing for R-4 (Temple Trustee).
(3.) This case has come before us on the basis of an order of reference rendered on 5/2/2021 by the learned Single Judge in this WP(C). The relevant part of that reference order, more particularly those contained in paras 7 to 9 thereof, reads as follows: