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3.2. The grievance of the petitioner is that there are instances where third parties are collecting funds through fake and illegal websites by opening accounts in the name of deities /temples across the State, for providing various services, pooja, etc., to the devotees. The so-called third parties are not authorised to collect the funds for and on behalf of the temples. The amount in any form to the temples has to be received/collected only by the authorised and appropriate officer, such as Trustee, Fit Person or the Executive Officer of the temples and it cannot be permitted to be received by third parties for any reason. Even though technology has assisted the temple administration to a great extent to offer various services at the click of a button, it has it's own grey area as it is misused by third parties for unlawful gain. By using the name of the temples, the third parties created fake and unauthorised websites, which look similar to the one opened by the temples. Such fake websites have mushroomed and proliferated in the cyber space and if it is permitted to continue, it will not only result in huge financial loss to the temples, but also amount to cheating the public under the garb of faith. Apart from the temples coming under the HR&CE Department, some illegal and bogus websites have been opened in the name of https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD)Nos.23410 and 23671 of 2022 the temples under the control of the Mutts. The petitioner in paragraph Nos.18 and 23 of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition bearing no.23671 of 2022 has also furnished the details of the bogus websites, such as, https://thirukadaiyurtemple.online/index.html, https://thirukadaiyurtemple.in / about/, https://www.thirukadaiyurmarriagetemple.com/, http://srirangam.com/, http://www.srirangam.ramanujartemples.net/, etc. and the contact numbers of the persons relating to such websites. According to the petitioner, such persons, who had opened fake websites, claim to have link with the officers and archakars of the temples and to have rendered all the services, poojas, etc., to the devotees and they generate huge money illegally, but pay only a paltry sum to the temples.