ORDER :

(PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records in Roc.J2/91317/2001 dated 16.10.2002 on the file of the I respondent herein viz., The District Collector, Madurai and quash the same in so far as it is against the petitioner-Temple concerned with a consequential direction to the I respondent to resume and re-grant the lands in question in favour of the petitioner-Temple.)

1. The writ on hand has been instituted challenging the order passed by the District Collector in proceedings dated 16.10.2002 under Section 41 of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959.

2. The petitioner is Arulmighu Kallalagar Devasthanam, Alagarkoil Madurai. The petitioner/temple is an ancient temple in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is listed as public temple and notified under Section 46 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act 22 of 1959 and is being administered by the Executive Officer in the cadre of Deputy Commissioner appointed by the Government of Tamil Nadu subject to over all control of the Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Chennai.

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