The Kerala government on Thursday told a Division Bench of the
Kerala High Court that it did not propose to order an inquiry to
find whether the Makara Jyothi was manmade or not.  The
government pleader made the submission before the Bench of
Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice P.S. Gopinathan
when two writ petitions, one against the government's role in
the Makara Jyothi and another for continuance of the practice of
lighting of lamps at Ponnambalamedu, came before it.  The Bench
ordered the court Registry to look into the petitions and list
them before the appropriate Bench.  The petitions filed by the
general secretary of the Bharatiya Yukthivadi Sanghom, Sreeni
Pattathanam, and another person wanted the participation of
government departments in the lighting of lamps at
Ponnambalamudu declared unconstitutional.  They wanted a
directive to the government not to prevent the Sanghom from
undertaking an inquiry into what was happening at
Ponnambalamedu.  The petitioners said the government was per