Chennai Dec 28 PTI The Madras High Court has directed a number of officials including at the Secretary-level to coordinate on a plaint regarding alleged irregularities over a temples property here Justice S M Subramaniam gave the order recently on a petition from A Radhakrishnan who submitted that attempts were being made by miscreants to grab the properties of over 150 acres of Arulmigu Kothandaramar Thirukoil at Nandambakkam here by creating documents in a fraudulent manner The respondents include the Secretaries of Tourism Home and Revenue Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department Chennai District Collector and City Police Commissioner among others The judge said the effort requires verification of revenue records documents and the claims of third parties Thus enquiry is to be conducted in respect of those properties revenue records in original must be verified with the assistance of the revenue authorities and the persons who all are claiming the ownership or title and the documents available with them are also to be looked into Thereafter all further actions are to be initiated for restoration of those properties if it is identified that such properties stand in the name of the temple Such efforts requires some more time for the authorities In view of the facts and circumstances this Court is inclined to direct the respondents 1 to 16 to extend co-ordination for the purpose of verification of the documents and revenue records etc and ascertain the facts and circumstances by collecting the documents and thereafter initiate all appropriate actions for recovery of the properties and for initiation of further actions against the offenders by following the procedures as contemplated under law the judge said and disposed of the plea PTI COR SA APR APR

Hyderabad Nov 23 PTI Telangana on Tuesday logged 153 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 674845 while the toll rose to 3984 with two more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the most number of cases with 60 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 14 and Ranga Reddy 12 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM on Tuesday The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 157 people recovering from the virus taking the cumulative number so far to 667328 The number of active cases stood at 3533 the bulletin said It said 36570 samples were tested on Tuesday and the total number of samples tested till date was 28348848 The samples tested per million population was 761656 The Case Fatality Rate in Telangana was 059 per cent and the recovery rate 9888 per cent the bulletin said PTI SJR httpptinewscomimagesptijpg We bring the World to you Disclaimer This e-mail message may contain proprietary confidential or legally privileged information for the sole use of the person or entity to whom this message was originally addressed Please delete this e-mail if it is not meant for you httpptinewscomimagesptijpg We bring the World to you Disclaimer This e-mail message may contain proprietary confidential or legally privileged information for the sole use of the person or entity to whom this message was originally addressed Please delete this e-mail if it is not meant for you APR APR