The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has succeeded in saving valuable temple property in Nungambakkam in Chennai, from being alienated to Super Good Films Private Limited, a popular movie production house led by its managing director R.B. Choudhary.
A Division Bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and K. Rajasekar dismissed a writ appeal filed jointly by the production house as well as its supposed vendor M.E. Siddiqa and confirmed an order passed by Justice M. Dhandapani on June 6, 2022 against the sale of the temple property.
Special Government Pleader (HR&CE) N.R.R. Arun Natarajan brought it to the notice of the court that the Agastheeswarar Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Devasthanam owned large extents of lands in Nungambakkam, endowed to it by devotees several years ago.
