TN Should Not Impose Executive Officers for Temples – HC order
On Tuesday, the Judgment of Supreme Court on the case of the Chidambaram Natarajan Temple has strikes the TamilNadu Government.
The judgment says that, the Tamil
Nadu government cannot employ executive officers to any temple under its power
without first following itself with special restricted rules.
Justice S. Nagamuthu said that the mal-practice in the administration of
temples in Tamil Nadu may not be screened untills the government structures
rules under the Section 116 of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
Act authorizing its leader to legalize temple administration by employing
executive officers.
With respect to the apex court ruling, Justice Nagamuthu said it had one
time and for all affirmed that under Section 45(1) of the HR&CE Act, the representative
can employ an executive officer for a temple, afforded there comes into being a
rule declaring the conditions, ahead such rule can be implemented by the
commissioner.
The temple confronts the notice spotting out that in the lack of a certain rule describing situations upon which an executive officer could be employed. It disputed that the apex court tendered over the management of the Chidambaram Natarajan Temple flipside to the ‘Podhu Dikshitars’ on the basis that there was no specific law and executive officers may not be employed for a never-ending period.
