Chapter III of the Act , deals with appointment of Archakas and Temple servants, their qualifications, emoluments, service condition, misconduct, penalty, termination, retirement etc.
11. Sections ... needy institutions, propagation of religious tenets, establishment of schools for training the Archakas and to study the ancient scripts. To establish and maintenance of University
performing the panchakajjaya seva attached to the office of Keelu Shanti Archakas in the 1st defendant temple and for consequential relief of a perpetual injunction ... family of the plaintiffs has been holding the office of Keelu Shanti Archaka in the 1st defendant temple, since time immemorial and doing Keelu Shanti
ORDER APPOINTING THE
RESPONDENT NO.6 AS THE SECOND SARADI ARCHAKA TO
SRI DHARMARAYASWAMY TEMPLE, THIGALARPET,
BENGALURU PASSED BY R-4 VIDE HIS ORDER DATED ... APPLICATIONS OF THE
PETITIONERS FOR THE APPOINTMENT AS THE SECOND
SARADI ARCHAKA TO SRI DHARMARAYASWAMY TEMPLE,
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THIGALARPET, BENGALURU AND PASS CONSIDERED
ORDERS ON MERITS
provisions of which are extracted
hereinbelow:
"9. Appointment of Archakas [and temple servants].
(1) The Committee of Management of a notified
institution may with ... approval of the Commissioner
appoint one or more Archakas [and temple servants] to
each temple belonging to the institution:
10
Provided that in case
does
not include gifts of property made as
personal gifts to the archaka, service-
holder or other employee of a Hindu
religious institution ... Section 9 of the Act of 1997 deals with the
appointment of Archakas and Temple Servants.
Section 10 and 10A prescribe qualifications and
disqualification
plaintiffs before the
Court below are that they are the hereditary archakas of
defendant No.1-temple and having hereditary pooja rights and
they ... claim made by plaintiffs that they are continued to be the
Upadhivantas/Archakas in the temple even after issuance of the
above order
plaintiffs before the
Court below are that they are the hereditary archakas of
defendant No.1-temple and having hereditary pooja rights and
they ... claim made by plaintiffs that they are continued to be the
Upadhivantas/Archakas in the temple even after issuance of the
above order
Annexure-B, resultantly continuing the petitioner's services as
'Pradhaana Archaka' of revered Shree Durgaparameshwari
Temple, Iruvail Village, Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada ... ever since then, he has been
performing his duties as a Pradhaana Archaka with utmost
dedication and piety. The fact that respondent
BETWEEN:
A. GNANENDRA
S/O. LATE S. ARJUNAPPA,
AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS,
ARCHAKA,
SRI DHARMARAYA SWAMY TEMPLE,
HALASURU PETE,
BENGALURU - 560 002.
... PETITIONER ... respondent holding that the
petitioner is a probationary archaka and dismissed him
from the services was confirmed.
I. Facts of the case:
2. The petitioner
case of the petitioners that the petitioners
are the "hereditary archakas" of "Maramma Temple"
situated in Amrutheshwaranahalli, Kasaba Hobli,
Malavalli Taluk ... District, is a minor Muzarai
Temple. The petitioners are the "hereditary archakas" of
the said "Maramma Temple" and have been performing
