SC stays Madras HC order permitting use of temple land to construct Kallakurichi Collectorate
The Hindu
Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari granted the interim stay on an appeal preferred by activist Rangarajan Narasimhan
The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of an order passed by the Madras High Court on February 12 permitting the State government to take 35 acres of the Nareeswarar Temple land at Veeracholapuram on lease for constructing a collectorate for the newly carved out Kallakurichi district.
Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari granted the interim stay on an appeal preferred by activist Rangarajan Narasimhan.
According to the appellant, the government had initially decided to acquire the temple land for a paltry consideration of ₹1.98 crore and issued a Government Order to that effect on September 19, 2020. He opposed the move and filed a writ petition in the High Court. Subsequently, the State came up with another GO on November 28, 2020 deciding to take the land on lease instead.
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