Fixing of standard scales of expenditure

(1) The Committee shall, from time to time submit to the Commissioner, the proposals for fixing the pathivu or scale of expenditure in the Devaswom and the amounts which may be allotted to the various purposes connected with the Devaswom or the proportion in which the income or other property of the Devaswom may be appropriated to such purposes. (2) The Committee shall publish such proposals at the premises of the Devaswom and in such other manner as the Commissioner may direct together with a notice stating that within one month from the date of such publication any person having interest in the temple may submit objections or suggestions to the Commissioner. (3) If, on scrutiny of such proposals and any objections and suggestions made by persons having interest in the temple, it appears to the Commissioner that the scale of expenditure or any item in the scale of expenditure is at variance with the established usage of Devaswom or is not justified by its financial position, the Commissioner may call for the remarks of the Committee and after considering the same, the Commissioner as of the opinion that any modification is required in the scale of expenditure or any item in the scale of expenditure, he shall pass orders accordingly and such orders shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), be final. (4) The Committee may, within three months from the date of receipt of the order passed by the Commissioner under sub-section (3), institute a suit in the court to modify the order or to set aside it.