A.P. High Court sets aside the removal of Ashok Gajapathi Raju from the trust boards of three temples
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The senior TDP chief was expelled from the chairmanship of the temple trust boards for allegedly failing to take steps that would have prevented the destruction of the idol of Rama at Ramateertham temple
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the removal of senior TDP chief P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju from the publish of chairman/Founder Family Member (FFM) of trust boards of three temples, primarily together with Sri Rama Swamy Devasthanam at Ramateertham in Vizianagaram district.
Mr. Raju was expelled from the chairmanship of the temple trust boards for allegedly failing to take steps that would have prevented the destruction of the idol of Rama at Ramateertham temple.
The authorities issued a memo in the first week of January eradicating Mr. Raju from the mentioned posts for failing to discharge his official duties and for not addressing points associated to security of the temples.
In his petition, Mr.. Raju argued that his removal from the publish of FFM / trust board chairman of Ramateertham temple, Sri Pyditalli Ammavari Devasthanam in Vizianagaram district and Sri Mandeswara Swamy temple in East Godavari was completed by a memo (as a substitute of G.O.) in blatant violation of Sec.28 (2) of AP Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987.
The court docket has apparently agreed together with his fundamental rivalry, which was that the Commissioner of Endowments and the Executive Officers are the custodians of the temples as per Sec.29 of the above Act and never the chairpersons/FFMs.
Besides, neither the FFMs nor the chairpersons had been held accountable in different latest circumstances of assaults on temples.
Mr. Raju questioned how might the authorities take away him from the publish of FFM/chairman of three temples for ‘an act at one temple’.