KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday dealt a major setback to Vellappally Natesan by removing him from the post of General Secretary of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam) and disqualifying the organisation’s entire Board of office-bearers for violations of corporate regulations.
SNDP is the social wing of the powerful Hindu Ezhava community and he has been at the helm of affairs for the past more than quarter of a century.
The order was issued by a Bench of Justice C.T. Ravi while considering petitions filed by noted writer and social activist M.K. Sanu and Protection Committee chairman S. Chandrasenan, who had alleged serious irregularities in the functioning of the organisation.
Along with Natesan, the court disqualified several senior leaders including Vice-President Tushar Vellappally (son of Natesan), President M.N. Soman and Devaswom Secretary Arayakkandi Santhosh.