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The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board connected Tuesday contended earlier the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that arsenic per the judgement successful the 1920 Original Suit, the acme of Thirupparankundram elevation and its adjuncts, “including wherever the chromatic pillar (deepathoon) was located”, belonged to a dargah.
A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan continued to perceive the appeals preferred against the bid of Justice G.R. Swaminathan, who had directed the Subramaniya Swamy temple absorption to airy the Karthigai Deepam astatine the deepathoon too the accustomed spots, arsenic good arsenic different related appeals.
Advocate R. Abdul Mubeen, representing the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board, referred to the judgement successful the 1920 Original Suit connected demarcating the portions belonging to the temple and the Sikandar Badusha Dargah. He said that arsenic per the order, the formation of steps from Nellithope, the acme of the hill, and its adjuncts, including a mandapam, belonged to the dargah/mohammedans. “The chromatic pillar/deepathoon was accessible from the dargah,” helium said, but added that the contented could beryllium resolved done a “court-monitored mediation”.
Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, representing the Madurai Collector and Commissioner of Police, said the chromatic pillar being called a deepathoon was a figment of imaginativeness of the petitioners, and the Single Bench had latched connected to it. He said determination was nary notation of the deepathoon successful erstwhile tribunal orders.
The petitioner, successful his practice to the temple authorities, had not made a notation of it. The petitioner has nary ineligible close to question lighting of the deepam astatine the chromatic pillar /deepathoon. However, the Single Bench proceeded and issued the absorption successful favour of the petitioners. The radical of Thirupparankundram were surviving peacefully. However, pursuing the Single Bench order, the contented was being discussed arsenic though Tamil Nadu was against Hindus, helium said, adding that the State had to see nationalist order.
The elder counsel appearing for the petitioners, however, contended that the State’s basal that the deepam was lit lone astatine the Uchipillaiyar temple has been taken for the intent of this case. It was submitted that the Executive Officer of the temple did not person the authorization to respond to the petitioners’ representation, and it was for the temple committee to springiness the response. The 1996 judgement recognises that the authorities tin see lighting the deepam astatine immoderate different spot too wherever it was being lit.
It was besides submitted that the State cannot reason that determination were problems, and hence it cannot beryllium allowed. The medication should grip the situation. “Acknowledged rights should beryllium fixed effect to. There was thing to interfere with the Single Bench order,” the elder counsel for the petitioners said.
The tribunal volition proceed to perceive the entreaty connected Wednesday.
