Madras HC questions HR&CE on steps taken to reclaim illegally occupied temple lands

The Madras High Court has ordered  HR&CE and the Revenue Department to file a report on their actions taken to retrieve unlawfully occupied Salem Perumal temple lands.

Perumal temple near new Salem bus stand owns land worth ₹50 crores in and around Salem. It is alleged that  several acres of these lands were occupied illegally by encroachers. Some of which are reportedly occupied by HR&CE officials themselves.

A petitioner named Radhakrishnan from Salem filed a PIL at the Madras High Court to reclaim those illegally occupied temple lands.

The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Honorable Justice Sanjib Bannerjee and Justice Senthil Kumar Ramamurthy. HR&CE officials who appeared before the bench told that they have taken steps to appoint a qualified person to enquire into the complaint.

The Judges accepted their arguments and asked them to file an affidavit on the actions take so far, and adjourned the hearing of cases by three weeks.

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