HC Stays Transfer of Temple Archakas
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court on Monday stayed the transfer of temple archakas in the state. It is the contention of the petitioner that under the guise of transferring ‘Office holder or servant’, the government is seeking opinions from the archakas of various temples to give options for transfer. Quoting copiously from earlier judgments, Ravichander said that the power of the government to manage religious institutions and endowments under the Act did not include interfering with or overseeing the religious aspects of a temple. He pointed out that Section 142 of the Telangana Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowment Act, 1987 specifically injects the state from applying the provisions of the Act to “affect any honour to which any person is entitled by custom, the performance of or interference with the religious worship, ceremonies and pujas in religious institutions according to the sampradayas and Agamas followed in such institution”. The government pleader pointed out to the power of the government to deal with transfer of ‘office holder or servant’, and to which the senior counsel pointed out the expression ‘archakas’.
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