KANTARU NEELAKANTARU THANTHRI . vs TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD . — SLP(C) No. 17910/2001

Case Summary: SLP(C) No. 017910/2001 On 29 October 2001, the Supreme Court heard the Special Leave Petition filed by Kantaru Neelakantaru Thanthri against the Travancore Devaswom Board. The petitioner sought to withdraw the SLP to file a review petition before the High Court in OP No. 28670/2000, which the Court permitted. Additionally, the Court granted permission to file related SLPs (CC 7564-7565/2001) but dismissed them, declining to interfere given that the Melshanti tenure was commencing 1 November 2001, while leaving open the question of framing guidelines for Melshanti selection for future years before the appropriate authority. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.