STATE OF KERALA ETC.versusGURUVAYUR DEVASWOM MANAGING COMMITTEE AND ORS. ETC.

A                       STATE OF KERALA ETC.
                                  v.
                   GURUVA YUR DEVASWOM MANAGING
                      COMMITTEE AND ORS. ETC.

                              NOVEMBER' 18, 1996
B
                [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.B. PATTANAIK, JJ.]

          Guruvayur Devaswom Act, 1978:

        s. I 9-Guruvayur Devaswom-Recruitment of clGrks-Written test
C cancelled due to leakage ofquestion paper-Interview Board reconstituted-
  Clailn for expenditure incurred on examination and rernuneration to
  Administrator of Guruvayur Devaswom for service rendered; by him in
  connection with examinations-Held, authority competent to scrutinies the
  amount spent would go into the matter and pass appropriate orders
D sanctioni11g the amount spent by Administrator in conducting
  examinations-As regards the remuneration to Administrator, it being a
  discretion exercised by High Court in an extra-ordinary situation, order of
  High Court needs no interference, but it would not be treated as a precedent.

          CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Special Leave Petition (C)
E No. 21792 of 1996. Etc.

          From the Judgment and Order dated 2.7.96 of the Kerala High Court
     in C.M.P. No. 31054 of 1995.

p·        V.R. Reddy, Additional Solicitor General, G. Prakash and Mrs. Beena
     Prakash for the Petitioners.

          The following Order of,the Court was delivered :

G         SLP (C) NO. 21792196:

          The grievance in this special leave petition, filed against the order of
     the Division Bench of the Kerala High Cou1t, made on July 2, 1996 in
     CMP No. 31034195 in OP NO. 10608193, is two-fold, namely, the direction
     to sanction a sum of Rs. 7, I 0,212 incurred by one Shri Raghavan,
H    Administrator and the direction to pay a sum of Rs. 35,000 being monetary
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consideration for the work done by Raghavan as Administrator in conducting       A
the examinations.

       Shri V.R. Reddy, learned Additional Solicitor General, contended
that the amount of Rs. 7,10,212 spent by Shri Raghavan in connection
with conducting the examinations would be dealt with in accordance with
the administrative procedure prescribed by the Dewaswom Committee in             8
that behalf and the direction for sanction would run counter to the
administrative procedure prescribed in that behalf and it will create
unnecessary complications in scrutinising the accounts and passing the
bills towards the amount spent by Shri Raghavan. It is also assured by
Shri V.R. Reddy that ifthe expenditure has been spent in accordance with
the requirements and principles, the same will be sanctioned by the              C
competent authority in that behalf. We need not deal in that behalf at
length. Suffice it to state that the authority competent to scrutinise the
amount spent would go into the matter and pass appropriate orders
sanctioning the amount spent by the Administrator in conducting the
examinations.
                                                                                 D
      With regard to the second aspect, namely, the direction to pay
monetary consideration in a sum of Rs. 35,000 towards the exemplary
work done by Raghavan, we feel that the High Court, perhaps found it
necessary to direct payment of the said amount in addition to commendation
of the work done by Raghavan. It being a discretion exercised in an              E
extraordinary situation, perhaps, we may not incline to interfere with the
direction. But we make it clear that it would not be treated as a precedent
in every case wherever an officer on deputation does the work at the
directions of the Court; he would also be entitled to monetary considerations
in addition to the normal service and the salary received for doing that
service. We take this decision for the reason that perhaps the officer did       F
not bargain for such direction for payment in rendering the service and
any notice to him would put him in embarrassing situation and the Court
also will not be in a position to say anything when the matter goes on
notice. In this situation, we are not inclined to interfere with the direction
issued by the Division Bench of the High Court in this behalf.
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      The petition is accordingly ordered with the above observations.

      IN SLP (C) NO. 23650 /96 (CC-5886/96):

      Pennission to file special leave petition is granted.                      H
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A         In this matter, the petitioner is aggrieved of the observations made
    by the Division Bench in the afotesaid order. 'the petitioner states that this
    Court in Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee v. Chairman,
    Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee and Ors., [ 1996) 7 SCC
    505 has upheld the action taken by the petitioner aild, therefore, the
    observations made were not justified or warranted. Those observations
B   came to be made without any notice to him or hearing him. We need not
    pursue the matter at this end. It would be open to the petitioner to make an
    application in the High Court to expunge the remarks and the High Court
    would deal vtith it accordingly.

           The petition is accordingly dismissed with the above liberty.
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    R.P.                                                     Petition dismissed.