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In a important measurement towards addressing the contented of non-Hindu employees successful the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the State authorities has asked the TTD to place non-religious positions wherever they tin beryllium redeployed.
The TTD has earlier urged the State to instrumentality the non-Hindus into its fold and station them successful assorted authorities departments, which appears to person been turned down.
There are respective acquisition and aesculapian institutions nether the TTD umbrella successful Tirupati, where, the authorities feels, specified employees tin beryllium redeployed.
TTD Chairman B.R. Naidu, who took complaint successful November last, has announced to cleanse the strategy by ousting all-non Hindus from the TTD. The TTD board, successful its precise archetypal meeting, has besides made a solution to this effect, citing provisions successful the Andhra Pradesh Endowments Act.
The TTD employees’ work rules had archetypal bee amended successful 1987 and jobs successful the TTD and its affiliated institutions were reserved lone for those professing Hindu religion. Amendments were subsequently brought successful the TTD Act and the Andhra Pradesh Endowments Act successful 1989, 2000 and 2007.
“In spite of the amendment of rules, 44 non-Hindus joined the TTD done assorted formats. However, the TTD, during the past 5 years, remained indifferent by not filing antagonistic erstwhile the contented reached the Andhra Pradesh High Court, erstwhile specified employees knocked its door,” Mr. B.R. Naidu said, indirectly blaming the erstwhile dispensation.
The contiguous board, which received representations from respective Hindu organisations expressing interest implicit the rising fig of non-Hindus successful the TTD, conducted an interior Vigilance inquiry, which recovered that 29 of the 44 non-Hindu petitioners were inactive moving successful the TTD.
With the State authorities directing Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal to taxable a broad study by identifying suitable posts successful the TTD’s non-temple institutions to redeploy the non-Hindus, the medication was besides contemplating introducing Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) by moving retired a lucrative package.
E-dip for locals
Meanwhile, the TTD connected Thursday announced that ‘e-dip’ registration for Vaikunta Dwara Darshan tokens for residents of Tirumala, Tirupati, Renigunta and Chandragiri would beryllium unfastened from December 27 to December 29 done the TTD website, mobile app and WhatsApp nether 1+3 strategy for darshan connected January 6, 7 and 8. About 5,000 tokens would beryllium provided each day, of which 4,500 for Tirupati, Renigunta and Chandragiri and 500 for those from Tirumala. The ‘e-dip’ gully would beryllium organised connected December 31 astatine 2 p.m.
