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N. ANAND VENKATESH
C. V. Chandrasekaran – Appellant
Versus
Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department, Kanchipuram – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Petition under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records of the first respondent relating to the impugned order Se.Mu.Na.Ka.No.3300 of 2021 A1 dated --/4/2023 passed by the Joint Commissioner, HR and CE, Kanchipuram - the 1st respondent herein and quash the same)
1. The suspended hereditary trustee of Collah Singanna Chetty Charities (hereinafter called the trust) has filed this writ petition assailing the order passed by the first respondent through proceedings dated --/4/2023 (i) framing charges against the petitioner; (ii) suspending the petitioner pending enquiry under Section 53 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 (for brevity, the Act); and (iii) appointing a fit person to administer the trust.
2. Shorn of unnecessary facts, the grievance that has been expressed by the petitioner is as follows:
(i) The petitioner is the hereditary trustee of the trust from the year 1997 after the demise of his father. He was holding the complete administration and management of the trust and running the trust in line with the object, for which, it was establ
Point of Law : Temple or its precincts cannot be made a place where political parties should look forward to give political asylum to their workers.
The removal of a religious endowment trustee for misappropriation relies on the preponderance of probability, not criminal conviction standards. Hereditary trustees are subject to succession rules, r....
The court upheld the right of succession for hereditary trustees during temporary vacancies while directing prompt administrative actions.
Temple or its precincts cannot be made a place where political parties should look forward to give political asylum to their workers.
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