PIL against use of Temple Funds to establish colleges in TN
Indic Collective’s President, Shri T.R. Ramesh has filed a PIL in the Madras High Court challenging the use of Temple Surplus Funds for establishing educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. The Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu Government issued a G.O. dated 06.10.2021, for opening eight private colleges by utilising temple funds. Pursuant to ICT’s petition, the Madras High Court has put an interim stay on setting up of new educational institutions by the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department, using surplus Temple funds, other than on the four colleges that are already set up. Madras High Court’s order dated 15.11.2021 is available below.
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