Not for the new college of the Ministry of Hindu Religious Affairs ..! High Court Attacks DMK
Government of Chennai: The High Court of Chennai Orders Tamil Nadu Government No Action To Open New Colleges In Tamil Nadu Except Four Colleges That Have Been Established With Funds Of Temple. They ordered the start of Hindu classes at four colleges and these schools could not resume if religious classes were not held within a month of opening.
When applying for funding from the Department of Hindu Religious Affairs of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, some projects valued at Rs 1,500 Was announced.
In carrying out this announcement, the secretary of the Tamil Nadu Ministry of Higher Education has authorized the opening of colleges in four locations, namely, Mylapore Kabaliswarar Temple, Chennai Kolathur, Tiruchengode Arthanareeswarar Temple, Paramathivelur, Palani Dandayuthapani Temple, Thoppampatti and Thiruchendur Subramania Swamy Temple, Vilathikulam.
DR Ramesh, based in Chennai, has filed a lawsuit with the High Court seeking an injunction banning the government from using temple property without following due process.
In the petition, the Hindu Ministry of Religious Affairs stated that the state government has no right to give an opinion regarding the establishment of colleges in accordance with the law and that only those Temple management has the right.
Emphasizing that there is no administrator in the more than 20,000 temples, the petitioner complained that the Kabaliswarar temple in Kolathur had no property of its own and a college would be established there.
When the case was heard during the session of Chief Justice Sanjeev Banerjee and Judge Adikesavalu, he said that leave should be granted only after receiving notice of the commencement of the university and the objection, and that that permission to open a college must be granted without any request from the temple administration.
The petitioners argued that the temple authorities had not requested permission to open colleges and that colleges would be established a few kilometers from the temples and that the excess funds would be used only for The renovation of other temples is not funded. .
The Minister of Justice, representing the Tamil Nadu government, said that this is a political decision by the government and that the Ministry of Hindu Religious Affairs will be established according to the law and religious universities and courses Teachers will only be exempt from contributions. received from public funds from various temples.
The Attorney General said the commissioners would be appointed in 2.3 weeks and asked that the commissioners absent from the past 11 years be given the opportunity to respond to the case. He said that a decision had been made to establish eight colleges and one college in Kolathur.
The judges, who intervened in the hearing, advised that the use of temple funds should be in accordance with the provisions of the law and that the colleges should be established according to the law.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the judges decided that the operation of the four colleges, which had begun without due process, was related to the final verdict in the case.
At the same time, the judges ordered that colleges other than the four colleges not be opened without the appointment of the superintendent and without the permission of the court, and ordered that the courses Hindu language must be opened in four colleges and those colleges may not continue if Religious classes have not been held within one month of starting university.
The judges then ordered the state to file a response within 3 weeks to the petition and adjourn the hearing for 5 weeks.
