Dharmapuram Adheenam Mutt is one of the oldest and most famous Adheenam that promote Tamil development and culture. This mutt owns a number of properties and temples throughout Tamil Nadu. Dharmapura Atheena looks after the temples under the Mutt’s control.
It has been reported that reported that miscreants illegally encroached on Dharmapuram Aadheenam’s property worth over ₹100 crores.
Savithiri Duraisamy of Trichy filed a public interest petition in the Madras High Court’s Madurai branch, requesting that an order be issued to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department (HR&CE) to retrieve Dharmapuram Adheenam’s illegally occupied properties.
In the petition, it was mentioned, that the Dharmapuram Adheenam is an ancient mutt featured in the hymns sung in the Ujjeevanathar Temple at Uyyakondon Malai in Trichy, as well as in Devaram. Several expensive lands owned by the distinguished and culturally rich Dharmapuram Adheenam were illegally encroached upon by miscreants, it said.
The petition alleged that the encroachers took over 5 acres of land worth around ₹150 crores.
The petition observed that lower courts have already ruled that the property belongs to the Dharmapram Adheenam but has not been recovered by the local authority, and that despite numerous complaints, no action has been taken as a result of which the petition was filed at the High Court for an order directing HR&CE to recover the land from encroachers.
The petition came up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices Mahadevan and Sathya Narayana Prasad. During the trial, advocate Karthik appeared on behalf of the petitioner and presented various documents before the judges stating that the lands belonged to the Dharmapuram Adheenam Mutt.
Taking the documents into consideration, the judges questioned why no action had been taken against those who had encroached on properties worth crores of rupees. The case has been postponed to 26 October 2022, with the judges stating that the court will issue a proper order to file a list of those who have encroached on the Adheenam’s property.
(with inputs from Malaimurasu )
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