BALU SHOULD WORK IN DESIGNATED POST AT KOODALMANIKYAM: MINISTER

THE government does not accept the redeployment of a non-Brahmin Kazhakam staffer at the Koodalmanikyam temple, Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan told the assembly on Monday.

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THE government does not accept the redeployment of a non-Brahmin Kazhakam staffer at the Koodalmanikyam temple, Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan told the assembly on Monday. "The Kazhakam staffer, recruited by the Devaswom Recruitment Board and appointed as per the Devaswom laws, should work in the designated post. The government cannot accept his redeployment due to the protest raised by temple thantris. He will work in the designated post," he said.

As per the Act and regulation for the Koodalmanikyam temple, there are two types of Kazhakam posts. One is reserved for hereditary appointment as per the thantri's recommendation, in the ₹1,025 plus DA salary scale. The other is recruited through the Devaswom Recruitment Board, in the ₹1,300-₹1,800 scale.