The Allahabad High Court has requested Uttar Pradesh officers why no motion had been taken for the previous 4 years.
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A petition within the Allahabad High Court stated that the annuity of 9 temples in Vrindavan city in Uttar Pradesh had been withheld for the final 4 years by District Magistrate and Senior Treasury Officer, Mathura. Responding to the identical, the High Court famous that it’s “painful” that temples and trusts have to knock the doorways of the courtroom for getting their dues launched from the U.P. authorities.
The Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal was listening to a petition filed by Thakur Rangji Maharaj Virajman Mandir, a temple in-built 1851 AD, looking for the courtroom’s intervention to get its fee of the annuity below Section 99 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition (UPZA) and Land Reforms (LR) Act.
The petitioner instructed the courtroom that the annuity amounting to ₹9,125,07 had not been launched to 9 temples due to lack of permission by the Board of Revenue. However, the federal government submitted that ₹2,23,199 had been paid and now a steadiness of ₹6,89,308 remained.
The Commissioner/Secretary of the Board of Revenue, in a private affidavit, instructed the courtroom {that a} fund of over ₹6 lakh couldn’t be launched to the temples due to paucity of funds.
“This court is pained to note that temples and trusts have to knock the doors of the Court for getting their dues released from the State Government, which should have automatically flowed from the Treasury of the State into the account of temples,” the courtroom famous.
The courtroom additional famous that from perusal of the non-public affidavit of Commissioner/Secretary, Board of Revenue, it transpired that no effort had been made by the officer involved for the final 4 years for getting the annuity transferred into the account of the temples.
“The temple authorities are running from pillar to post for getting their dues released from these government officials, which is strange,” the courtroom added, whereas issuing summons to the Secretary of the Board of Revenue for a proof.
The courtroom additionally famous {that a} letter written by the DM, Mathura to the Special Secretary, Government of U.P., who sits in Lucknow is an indicator to the impact that the official sitting within the State capital does “not care for the release of annuities to the trusts and temples”.
The courtroom additionally requested the Registrar (Compliance) to share the order inside 24 hours to the Chief Secretary, Government of U.P., who shall place this matter earlier than the Chief Minister for motion. The courtroom will hear the matter on March 20.