Ramachandra Jogi v. the Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Archak appointment; Sri Huliraya Siddeshwara Swamy Temple, Kodachadri, Hosanagara Taluk, Shivamogga district; temporary Archak appointment continued over seven years; Deputy Commissioner Shivamogga order dated 18.06.2018 (Annexure-P) sought to be quashed; implementation of order dated 13.11.2017 in WP No.13446/2011; underlying order dated 07.08.2010 (Annexure-K); Deputy Tahsildar Hosanagara report dated 15.03.2018 (Document No.5); four-month outer limit to pass appropriate order; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments; Karnataka High Court 2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to respondents No.2 and No.4: (i) to take a decision at the earliest putting an end to the temporary Archak appointment; (ii) to consider the Deputy Tahsildar's report (Document No.5, dated 15.03.2018) in the light of the observations in WP No.13446/2011 (order dated 13.11.2017, Annexure-L); and (iii) to pass appropriate orders within four months from receipt of certified copy of this order. The Annexure-P order dated 18.06.2018 was not expressly quashed.