The Supreme Court has ordered status quo on the appointment of an executive officer for the Mulangeswaram Shiva Temple in Trichambaram, Kasargod, amid allegations that the Kerala government-controlled Malabar Devaswom Board is attempting to take over the shrine’s management.

Hearing a plea by the Taliparamba Kshetra Samrakshana Samithi, which claims to have managed the temple for over four decades, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta on October 16 issued notice to the Board and directed that “until further orders, status quo shall be maintained with regard to the appointment of the Executive Officer.” This means the temple will continue to be administered by the Samithi for now.

The appeal, filed through Advocate Sarath S Janardanan, challenges a June 18 Kerala High Court o

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