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4. Counter affidavit is filed by respondents 5 and 6 as well as the 7th respondent. Respondents 5 and 6 represents the Travancore Devaswom Board. According to them, as per settlement register Ext.R5(a) an extent of 57 cents in Sy.No.8357/A1 of Kollam East village belongs to the temple. 5 meter width pathway was laid down across the 57 cents of land. 46 cents of land on the southern side of the pathway belongs to the Devaswom and there is no access to the petitioner or his predecessor in interest from the property to the pathway across the 46 cents of Devaswom land. It is further contended that after the re-survey the revenue authorities has classified 57 cents of Devaswom land into various subdivisions. The temple is situated in Sy.No.18. The re-survey number of the pathway/road is 21. It is therefore contended that the property belongs to the Devaswom Board and it is not Government land.