No action yet against Travancore Devaswom Board official

Alappuzha: Though the government vowed to initiate legal steps against Devaswom Commissioner C.P. Rama Raja Prema Prasad, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which had found the order of shelving the transfer order of Sudhikumar inappropriate in the last meet, still maintains a silence on the action against the commissioner.

The TDB has tried to wash its hands off at a time when Mr Prasad stands exposed for taking an inappropriate decision on the non-Brahmin priest issue as per the opinion given by the law secretary.

In the order issued on September 25 posting Sudhikumar to Chettikulangara as Keezhsaanthi, TDB had admitted that the decision of the commissioner had invited flak from various quarters of society.

However, TDB had refused to discuss the action against the commissioner during the last meet. Though this newspaper tried to contact all three Board members including its president Prayar Gopalakrishnan, to ask whether the matter would be discussed in the next meeting, nobody was willing to respond.

Earlier, on September 8, TDB Secretary Mr K.R. Jyothilal’s letter to the Commissioner (available with DC) had mentioned that the order issued by Mr Prasad relating to the posting of ‘Shanti’ in Chettikulangara Devaswom violated the orders of  the Supreme Court of India in civil Appeal No.6965 of 1996 and subsequent direction of the Government of Kerala. But TDB has not discussed the merit of the letter too.

Meanwhile, it is not certain whether Mr Prasad will be in the board during the Melsaanthi interview to be held on October 5 and 6 at TDB headquarters in Thiruvanthapuram. If he is included,the contestants can raise questions about the credibility of the interview board.