1. W.P (C) No. 1432/2019 has been filed by custodians of Tiruchendur Subrahmanya Swamy Temple and @indiccollective challenging over 40 sections of the TNHRCE Act 1959 and three sets of Rules, including Rules relating to appointment of Executive Officers to Temples and Audit Rules
2. The said Petition was filed before the Supreme Court and was listed on December 18, 2019 as Item No. 26 before the three-Judge Bench presided by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Shri S. A. Bobde.
3. The Hon’ble CJI has tagged the said Writ Petition with pending Writ Petitions challenging TNHRCE Act 1959. The pending Petitions were filed by late Shri Swami Dayananda Saraswathi ji W.P. (C) No. 476/2012 & Podu Dikshitars of Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, W. P. (C) No. 544/2009
4. All the three Petitions will now be taken up together.
5. The custodians of the Tiruchendur Temple and @indiccollective were represented by Senior Advocate Shri Mohan Parasaran and Advocate Shri @jsaideepak. Shri K. V. Muthukumar is the Advocate on Record for the Petitioners.
6. As part of reliefs sought in the Petition, the Petitioners have also sought constitution of a Special Investigation Team by SC to investigate into the conduct of officers of HRCE department and elected representatives with respect to Hindu religious institutions in Tamil Nadu
