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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 3^RD DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021

BEFORE

THE HON9BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNA S.DIXIT

WRIT PETITION NO.55664 OF 2017 (GM-R/C)

BETWEEN:

SRI. NARAYANA BHATTAR,

AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS,

S/O. SAMPATHKUMAR BHAATAR,

RESIDING AT AKKATANGI KOLA STREET,

MELUKOTE,

PANDAVAPURA TALUK,

MANDYA DISTRICT - 571 434.

&PETITIONER

(BY SRI. ABHINAV R., ADVOCATE)

AND:

1.

THE STATE OF KARNATAKA,

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (MUZRAI),

M.S. BUILDING, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR ROAD,

BENGALURU - 560 001.

REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY.

2.

THE COMMISSIONER-HINDU CHARITABLE

AND RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS,

OFFICE OF THE MUJRAI COMMISSIONER,

2ND FLOOR, SRI MALAI MAHADESHWARA,

VARTHA BHAVANA,

ALOORU VENKATARAM ROAD,

CHAMARAJAPET,

BENGALURU - 560 018.

3.

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

MANDYA DISTRICT,

BANGALORE MYSORE ROAD,

MANDYA - 571401.

4.

THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

AND ADMINISTRATOR,

SRI CHELUVARANARAYANASWAMY TEMPLE,

PANDAVAPURA SUB-DIVISION,

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PANDAVAPURA, MANDYA DISTRICT

MANDYA - 571 401.

5.

THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF

SRI CHALUVANARAYANASWAMY TEMPLE

MELOKOTE, PANDAVAPURA TALUK,

MANDYA DISTRICT - 571 434.

6.

SRI. BHAYAMSWAMY @ N. VENKATACHAR

AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS,

S/O LATE S. NARASIMHACHAR,

UTTARADHI MATH ROAD,

MYSURU - 570 004.

&RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. SRIDHAR HEGDE, HCGP FOR R1 TO R5

SRI. ASHOK HANDE, ADVOCATE FOR R6)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 &

227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE

ORDER DATED 15.11.2017 PASSED BY R-1 AT ANNEX-S BY

ALLOWING THE W.P.

THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY,

THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:

ORDER

Petitioner,

a

hereditary

archak

of

Sri

Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple which is an adjunct of Sri

Cheluvarayaswamy Temple at Melukote, is knocking at the

doors of Writ Court for assailing the Government Order dated

15.11.2017 whereby the sixthh respondent has been

designated to temporarily discharge the functions of the

regular archak during ashoucha period or absence.

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as under:

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3.

After service of notice, the official respondents

have entered appearance through the learned HCGP and the

sixth respondent is represented by a private counsel. The

sixth respondent has filed a Statement of Objections on

19.07.2018 resisting the writ petition; both the HCGP &

private counsel opp