Temple

*#477: HR&CE Uploads Audit Reports Of 4,292 Temples On Website – Informs Madras HC – T R Ramesh PIL – Justice G Jayachandran & I Manoharan Bench – Adjourned To Next Week*

*Case*: _T R Ramesh vs HR&CE Dept – Plea to direct HR&CE to upload annual income-expenditure audit reports of temples under its control on website_

*Earlier Order*: _Court directed department to file report on how many temples audited, how many audit reports uploaded_

*Today’s Hearing*:
– _Bench: Justice G Jayachandran & Justice I Manoharan_
– _HR&CE Counsel Submits: So far 4,292 temples’ income-expenditure audit reports uploaded on HR&CE website – Public can view_
– _Temples with income less than Rs 10,000 will not be audited_
– _Process of uploading audit reports of remaining temples is ongoing – Will file detailed status report with details next week_

*Court*: _Accepts submission – Posts to next week for filing report_

*Background*:
– _44,000+ temples under HR&CE – Long-pending audits – Petitioner T R Ramesh former President of Indic Collective has been pursuing transparency – HC in 2022-23 had directed to complete audits and publish_

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*One-Liner*:
_“#477 HR&CE Temple Audits – 4,292 audit reports uploaded on website – Madras HC – TR Ramesh PIL – Justice Jayachandran & Manoharan – HR&CE informs <10k income temples exempted from audit, rest uploading ongoing, public viewable, detailed report next week - Hearing adjourned”_ Sir *#477 English Version Filed* 🔥