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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice D. BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY
T.S. Sankar – Appellant
Versus
Chief Additional Secretary, Government of Tamilnadu, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. importance of the arulmigu arunachaleswarar temple. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. detailing the writ petition about disqualification for trusteeship. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. arguments against the fifth respondent's qualifications. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. findings on the trustee's occupancy and lease issues. (Para 11) |
| 5. judicial guidelines for temple endowment management. (Para 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 6. legality of the petitioner’s complaints and the writ petition. (Para 28 , 30 , 31) |
| 7. final directives regarding temple property and rightful management. (Para 49 , 52 , 72) |
| 8. outcome of the writ petition and directives for future action. (Para 51) |
ORDER :
(D. BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J.)
Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple is one of the most important Hindu temples in our nation and is among the largest temples in India. Lord Siva is worshipped as Arunachaleswarar or Annamalaiyar. The temple is a ‘paadal petra sthalam’. The deity’s praise is sung repeatedly in the Tamil Bhakthi Literature, ‘Thevaram’, which was written in or about the the 7th century. It is also stated that in the 9th century, Saiva Saint Poet Manikavasagar composed the entire Thiruvempavai in the said temple. The Karthigai Deepam
Trusteeship disqualification arises under Section 26(1-A) for any individual with a subsisting lease on property of a religious endowment, ensuring integrity of temple management.
The court ruled that a petitioner lacks standing to contest administrative exemptions under the Endowments Act if they have no defined legal rights over the subject property.
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