High Court Custodian Of Minor Deity, Can't Be Mute Spectator: Madras HC Raps HR&CE Department For Inaction Against Illegal Temple occupant Admin Sat, Nov 27, 2021, at ,02:18 PM The Madras High Court recently censured the trustees of a temple and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of state for purported corrupt practices while dealing with temple properties. " This Court is witnessing day in and day out that the said illegal occupants are many and numerous. In respect of Temple properties and in many such cases, the Lessees are in possession without any authority and actions taken by the Authorities are absolutely not satisfactory. Thus, the Courts are bound to draw factual inference that some Authorities are colluding with such Private Parties on various reasons and on extraneous considerations,", Justice S.M Subramaniam observed