A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday stayed the order of the Pathanamthitta Collector prohibiting Nercha Vedivazhipadu at the Sabarimala temple.
The Bench of Justice K.Abraham Mathew and Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar issued the stay order on a petition filed by the Travancore Devaswom Board. According to it, the ban order was passed without issuing any notice to the board. In fact, it was issued on the basis of a report of the District Police Chief.
Licence 'invalid'
According to the report, the licence of the magazine where the explosives were stored expired on March 31 and the contractors who handled the magazine did not possess a valid licence.
The board said that the application for renewal of licence and the application for no-objection certificate were pending before the Collector.
