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The Tamil Nadu authorities connected Thursday informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that, arsenic of date, determination was nary empirical information disposable to beryllium that the chromatic pillar connected Thirupparankundram elevation was a deepathoon.
A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan was proceeding 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 places, arsenic good arsenic different related appeals.
Advocate-General P.S. Raman, representing the State, told the tribunal that the State had not formed an sentiment connected the chromatic pillar, and did not privation to instrumentality a basal connected the matter.
He said nary deepam had ever been lit determination till now. No information was disposable arsenic to erstwhile the chromatic pillar was enactment up, and for what purpose. It could lone beryllium ascertained erstwhile determination is simply a full-fledged inquiry, helium said.
Original Suit
Before the deepathoon issue, the Survey and Revenue Departments had been verifying the value and the root of the chromatic pillars successful Madurai and Tirunelveli. In the Original Suit of 1920, the proceedings justice had inspected the area, and observed that the lone spiritual operation connected apical of the elevation was the dargah and its adjuncts, helium said.
Referring to Section 63(e) of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959, which sets retired the powers of the HR and CE authorities to determine specified matters, helium said it was not lone the close remedy, but besides the lone remedy, adding that a civilian suit was not the remedy.
‘Wrong questions’
Wrong questions were asked to the incorrect persons. The Board of Trustees was the close person. Much clip was wasted connected axenic emotions. The parties should beryllium relegated to the close authorities, the A-G said.
However, elder advocator S. Sriram, representing 1 of the petitioners, said they wanted the retrieval of the custom. Referring to Section 63(e) of the Act, helium said they did not privation to spell determination arsenic the authorities had taken a basal and fixed their sentiment connected the matter.
Senior Advocate P. Valliappan, representing different petitioner, said if they had gone by Section 63(e) of the Act, it would person been rejected. The dargah besides lights deepam arsenic per tradition, helium added.
The elder counsel for the petitioners said it was not a caller conception to airy the deepam astatine the hilltop. There was a publication astir the temple that mentioned that Karthigai Deepam was besides being lit astatine the deepathoon connected the hill.
After proceeding each the parties concerned, the judges reserved orders.
