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M. NIRMAL KUMAR
C. Rajamani Gurukal – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board, Chennai – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer in W.P.(MD) No.17951 of 2017: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling of the entire records pertaining to the issuance of the impugned proceedings Na.ka.No.A2/486/2012, dated 10.08.2017 by the third respondent and quash the same and to forbear the respondents herein not to interfere with the functioning of the petitioner as Sthanic Archaka between the 16th to 20th day of every English Calendar Month in Arulmigu Mangalanathasamy Temple Situate at Thiru Uthirakosamangai, Ramnad District.)
W.P.(MD) No.5246 of 2019:
Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondents to allow the petitioner to perform Pooja, as an Archagar at Arulmigu Mangalanathaswamy Temply, Thiru Uthiragosamangai, Ramnad District following the proceedings of the 3rd Respondent dated 28.07.1999 and 11.04.2004.)
W.P.(MD) No.17951 of 2017 has been filed for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records pertaining to the issuance of the impugned proceedings in Na.ka.No.A2/486/2012, dated 10.08.2017 by the third respondent and quash the sam
The central legal point established in the judgment is the authority of the trustee to appoint and allocate archakars as per Section 55(1) of the Act, and the inalienability of hereditary religious r....
Unchallenged administrative proceedings allotting temple pooja slots enforceable; no review without new grounds.
The availability of an alternative remedy of appeal before the Commissioner under Section 69 of the HR and CE Act rendered the writ petition not maintainable.
The judgment clarified that the abolition of hereditary rights under the Act precludes claims to Archakatvam service based solely on lineage without meeting statutory criteria.
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