Hereditary Archakas of Sree Durga Parameshwari Temple, Kateel petitioned to quash a 2011 resolution appointing temple employees whose wages were to be paid by the Archakas. Counsel submitted the issue was resolved by a partition suit decree, and the court dismissed the petition as infructuous.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR
WRIT PETITION NO. 27231 OF 2011 (GM-R/C)
BETWEEN:
Digitally signed by B K MAHENDRAKUMAR Location: High Court of Karnataka
ALL HEREDITARY ARCHAKS OF R/O SREE DURGA PARAMESHWARI TEMPLE KATEEL-574 148, MANGALORE TALUK DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT.
…PETITIONERS
(BY SRI. JAYANTH DEVKUMAR., ADVOCATE FOR SRI. K. PUTTEGOWDA., ADVOCATE FOR PARTNERS)
AND:
(RESPONDENT NO.2 SUBSTITUTED V/O DATED:08.01.2019)
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SMT. M.V. ADITHI AGA FOR R1 & R3; SRI. G.S. VENKAT SUBBARAO, ADVOCATE FOR R2)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE RESOLUTION DATED: 31.03.2011 PASSED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TEMPLE IN AGENDA ITEM 23 UNDER ANNEX-W TO THE WP BY ISSUE OF A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI AND ETC.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
In this petition the Agenda item No.23 is the resolution dated 31.03.2011 passed by the respondent No.2/Administrator of Sree Durga Parameshwari Temple appointing temple employees directly from the temple for Prasada Thayyari to be paid by the Archakas, is impugned in this petition.
3. Submission is placed on record.
Sd/JUDGE
RU
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the temple administrator's resolution appointing employees paid by the Archakas should be quashed?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Venkataramana Asranna
Ananthapadmanabha Asranna
Kamaladevi Prasad Asranna
Srihari Narayanadasa Asranna
Devikumara Asranna
Deputy Commissioner for Hindu Religious Institutions & Charitable Endowments, Mangalore
Hemant Chandangoudar
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
