Court agrees with HR&CE department that fit persons can make appointments in absence of trustees
Court agrees with HR&CE department that fit persons can make appointments in absence of trustees
The Madras High Court on Monday disposed of a batch of cases related to the appointment of archakas in various temples in the state after concurring with the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department that fit persons (temporary administrators) can make appointments in absentia. can. Temple trustees.
Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N. The First Division Bench of Mala, Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram and Special Public Prosecutor NRR Arun Natarajan that all the appointments so far were made strictly in accordance with the Supreme Court judgments passed in 1972 and 2015.
The bench clarified that if any appointment has been made either in contravention of the relevant rules or as prescribed by the Supreme Court in Seshammal v. State of Tamil Nadu (1972) or in Adi Shaiva Sivacharyargal case (2015). Those appointments can be challenged through individual writ petitions.
In both cases, the Supreme Court held that the appointments of archakas should be in accordance with the constitutional mandate and principles of their proper identification as well as in accordance with the Agama Shastras governing individual temples.
Mr Natarajan told the court that there were two Vaishnava Agamas and 26 Shaiva Agamas ruling different temples in the state and that only Archakas trained in specific Agamas were appointed in the respective temple.