naught the effect of the grant of ryotwari
patta to the archakas, service holders or employees covered
under the Act by a legislative side-wind ... State, contended
that since the legislature abolished hereditary rights of
archakas, service holders or other employees and introduced
payment of salary for them, the legislature
Devadayam inam lands which were granted to the Deity and that the Archakas were mismanaging the lands and misappropriating the income received therefrom Defendants ... archakas while defendants 8 to 39 are the tenants and alienees who claim under the archakas. The defence of the Archakas is that the lands
usage of the institution. The Court held that the
appointment of Archaka was a secular act even though after
appointment. Archaka had to discharge religious ... choice of the trustee
in the matter of appointment of an
Archaka is no longer limited by the
operation of the rule of next
September 1893. Defendants Nos. 10 to 15 are the representatives of the archakas of the temple who obtained the lease. The trustee of the temple ... time of the lease, Srinivasa Ayyangar, one of the archakas of the temple, was the trustee.
2. A number of defences was raised
appoint. 2. Definitions.
- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) "archaka" includes a Pujari, Panda, an Archakatvam Mirasidar or other person, who personally ... performs or conducts any archana, puja or other ritual; (1A) [ "Archakas and other employees Welfare Fund" means, the fund created for the welfare
Lost Grant arises-Whether grant is
melvaram or both varams --Right of Archakas-Whether Archakas
can claim remuneration in a suit for ejectment.
HEADNOTE ... plaintiffs were the trustees of the temples and the
defendants were the archakas and the alienees of the suit
properties. These suits were based
personal grant made in favour of the archakas of the temple with a condition of service attached to the same. The question, therefore, arises ... petition was resisted by the respondent to the petition contending that as Archaka or Gurukkal of the temple, he is entitled to be in possession
only or land itself Construction of
grant-Suit for ejectment Rights of archakas.
HEADNOTE:
Though a presumption of an origin in some lawful title ... take into account the
claims, moral though not legal, of the archakas and to make
some provision to protect their interest, such
considerations
which examines the practice of temples having priests or Archakas and their
unique role ordained by custom, particularly on the following observations:
"10.....With ... establishment of temples and the institution of Archakas, treatises on
rituals were compiled and they are known as 'Agamas'. The authority of these
petitioner, a hereditary archaka of the temple at Uthirakosamangai, Ramnad District, seeks for a prayer to forbear the respondent State and the subordinates from implementing ... also stated that the respondent State had ordered the archakas and gurukkals in the temples under the control of HR&CE Department in Tamil
