JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the impugned order issued by the first respondent in G.O.No.75 dated 05.08.2020 and to quash that portion of said G.O./ appointment order in so far it relates to the tenure of appointment of petitioners Dharmakarthas, which is in violation of Rule 14 of the Scheme Decree and consequently to direct the first respondent to revise tenure of appointment of petitioners Dharmakarthas for a period of 5 years in terms of the Scheme Decree.)

1. The petitioners have challenged the impugned G.O.No.75, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments (T3-1) Department, dated 05.08.2020 of the first respondent.

2. By the impugned G.O.No.75, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments (T3-1) Department, dated 05.08.2020, the tenure of the petitioners who were appointed as Religious Dharmakartha and Secular Dharmakartha of Sri Adhikesava Perumal and Bashyakara Swamy Devasthanam, Sriperumbudur has been restricted to 2 years in terms of Section 47(3) of