No new colleges from temple funds, Court tells HR&CE Dept.
The Hindu
Four colleges already planned will be subject to further High Court orders
The Madras High Court on Monday restrained the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department from establishing any more arts and science colleges, other than the four which had already been planned to be instituted using temple funds, without obtaining the express leave of the court.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu also ordered that further functioning of even the four colleges at Kolathur in Chennai, Paramathi Velur in Namakkal district, Thoppampatti in Dindigul district and Vilathikulam in Thoothukudi district would be subject to the result of a case filed in court.
T.R. Ramesh of Indic Collective Trust and Hindu Worshippers Society had filed the case questioning the use of temple funds to establish educational institutions, especially when most temples in the State did not have trustees and were being administered by fit persons (interim administrators appointed by HR&CE Department).