Administrator General and Official Trustee of Tamilnadu v. nil

Madras HC13 Feb 2025A/625/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

AG&OT donation application; surplus trust funds; trust estate of Rao Bahadur V.Thiruvengadam Chetty; donation to Arulmigu Kottaivasal Anjaneyar Swamy Thirukovil, Kottai Mettu, Dharapuram; temple renovation; staged disbursement in three instalments; consegregation; Madras High Court; A No. 625 of 2025 in OP.No.109/1942; S.S. Sundar, J.; order dated 13-02-2025.

What did the court decide?

Permission to the Administrator General and Official Trustee of Tamilnadu to donate Rs.15,00,000/- to Arulmigu Kottaivasal Anjaneyar Swamy Thirukovil, Kottai Mettu, Dharapuram, out of the surplus funds of the trust estate of Rao Bahadur V.Thiruvengadam Chetty, payable in three milestone-linked instalments. ¶¶33

Administrator General and Official Trustee of Tamilnadu Vs nil — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the application filed by the learned AG&OT to donate a sum of Rs.15,00,000/- in three instalments to Arulmigu Kottaivasal Anjaneyar Swamy Thirukovil, Kottai Mettu, Dharapuram, out of the surplus funds of the trust estate, should be allowed.

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Court's answer

The Court was satisfied that the AG&OT's explanation for staged disbursement is in tune with the object of the Trust, and therefore the application can be allowed.

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Ratio / Principle

The application stands allowed and the learned AG&OT is permitted to donate Rs.15,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Lakhs only) to Arulmighu Kottaivasal Anjaneyar Swamy Thirukovil, Kottai Mettu, Dharapuram, from and out of the surplus funds of the trust estate of Rao Bahadur V.Thiruvengadam Chetty.

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Key takeaways

The donation is to be disbursed in three instalments: Rs.6,00,000/- immediately after verifying the commencement of renovation work; Rs.5,00,000/- on confirming 50% completion of the works; and the balance Rs.4,00,000/- only at the time of consegregation.ratio¶¶36

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (S.S. Sundar, J.), by order dated 13-02-2025 in A No. 625 of 2025 in OP.No.109/1942, allowed the application of the Administrator General and Official Trustee of Tamilnadu to donate Rs.15,00,000/- out of the surplus funds of the trust estate of Rao Bahadur V.Thiruvengadam Chetty (FY 2019-20 and 2020-21) to Arulmigu Kottaivasal Anjaneyar Swamy Thirukovil, Kottai Mettu, Dharapuram. The donation is to be disbursed in three instalments tied to milestones: Rs.6,00,000/- immediately after verifying commencement of renovation work, Rs.5,00,000/- on confirming 50% completion of the works, and the balance Rs.4,00,000/- only at the time of consegregation.