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Chintamani Khuntia and ors. Vs. the State of Orissa and ors.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1994Ori46

..... usage or agreement or in the record of rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share out of the amount of donations or contributions to the foundation fund made under sub-section (2) after the commencement of shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1983. ..... any law, custom, usage or agreement or in the record of rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share in the offerings placed in any hundi installed after the commencement of shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1983.28-c. ..... the writ application has been filed by two groups of sevaks of lord jagannath at puri challenging the constitutional validity of sections 28-b(5) and 28-c(5)(a) and 28-c(9) inserted to the jagannath temple act by jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1983 (hereinafter called 'the amendment act') and for declaring the same as ultra vires being hit by articles 14, 25, 26 ..... contained in any law, custom, usage or agreement or in the record of rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share in the offerings placed in the hundi installed after the commencement of sri jagannath temple (amendment) act (act 10 of 1983) (hereinafter called '1983 amendment act'). ..... to the lord irrespective of their participation in the process.7.1 as already stated the essential prayer made in the writ application is to declare section 28-b(5) and section 28-c(5)(a) and section 28-c (9) introduced by way of amendment in the shri jagannath temple act as ultra vires being hit by articles 14, 25, 26 and 300a of the constitution of india. .....

Sri Jagannath Temple Puri Management Committee Rep. Through Its Admini ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC3839; 86(1998)CLT1(SC); [1997]Supp4SCR151

..... xxx xxx xxx(5) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, custom, usage or agreement or is the record-of-rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share in the offerings placed in hundi installed after the commencement of shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 10 of 1983.23. ..... declared that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, custom, usage or agreement or in the record of rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share in the offerings placed in the hundi installed after the commencement of the jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1983. ..... their further contention is that by section 28-b of shri jagannath temple act, 1954 which was introduced by an amendment with effect from 3.5.1983, serious encroachment has been made on the religious rights of the sevaks. ..... shri jagannath temple act, 1954 was thereafter amended with effect from 3.5.1983. ..... we hold that the amended section 28-b and sub-section (9) of section 28-c of shri jagannath temple act, 1954 do not contravene the provisions of articles 25(1), 26 or 300-a of the constitution of india in any manner.53. ..... although very many points were taken in the writ petition, at the time of hearing of the case, the challenge of the petitioners was mainly to section 28-b(5) of the shri jagannath temple act, 1954 by which right of the sevaks for a share in the collection in the hundi was taken away. .....

Shri Jagannath Temple Puri Management Committee Represented Through It ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT1997(8)SC98; 1997(6)SCALE150; (1997)8SCC422

..... hundi-(1) the committee may, with the approval of the state government, install one or more receptacles (here in after referred to as hundi) at such place or places in the temple as it may think fit for placing of offerings by the pilgrims and devotees visiting the temple.x x x x x (5) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, custom, usage or agreement or is the record-of-rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share in the offerings placed in hundi installed after the commencement of shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 10 of 1983.23. ..... that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, custom, usage or agreement or in the record of rights, no sevak shall be entitled to any share in the offerings placed in the hundi installed after the commencement of the jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1983. ..... their further contention is that by section 28-b of shri jagannath temple act, 1954 which was introduced by an amendment with effect from 3.5.1983, serious encroachment has been made on the religious rights of the ..... shri jagannath temple act, 1954 was thereafter amended with effect from 3.5.1983 ..... we hold that the amended section 28-b and sub-section (9) of section 28-c of shri jagannath temple act, 1954 do not contravene the provisions of articles 25(1) 26 or 300-a of the constitution of india in any ..... by the amended provisions of section 28-b and 28-c a fund called shri jagannath temple foundation fund was set up which has led to the present .....

Kedarnath Guru Mohapatra and ors. Vs. the State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1974Ori75

..... the petitioners--some of the recorded sevaks of shree jagannath temple at puri -- assail in this writ petition the validity of various amendments brought about in the shri jagannath temple act, 1954 (orissa act 11 of 1955) by the various sections of the shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1968 (orissa act 17 of 1968).2. ..... the validity of the amendments brought about by the shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1968 (orissa act 17 of 1968) (hereinafter referred to as the amending act) is the subject-matter of this writ application.4. ..... this act was subsequently amended by the shri jagannath temple (administration amendment) act, 1954 (orissa act 1 of 1954). ..... it is, therefore, argued that when the record-of-rights attained finality by virtue of section 6 of the 1952 act which now forms a part of the shri jagannath, temple act, 1955, the provisions in sections 8-a and 15-b which disturb such finality are not valid. ..... as a first step in this direction, the orissa legislature passed an act entitled the puri shri jagannath temple (administration) act, 1952 (orissa act xiv of 1952) with a view inter alia to prevent mismanagement of the temple and its endowments by consolidation of the rights and duties of sevaks, pujaris and such other persons connected with the seva, puja and management thereof. .....

Association of A.P. Sajjada Nasheens, Mutawallies and Khidmat Guzaran ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2010(1)ALT112

..... ) where a group of temple attendants called 'sevaks' contending that they are entitled to a share out of the collections of the offerings made by the devotees inside the jagannath temple at puri and the amended section 28-b and sub-section (9) of section 28-c of shri jagannath temple act, 1954 contravene the provisions of articles 25, 26 and 300-a of the ..... additional solicitor general places, further, reliance on the decision of the supreme court regarding shri jagannath temple, puri, which arose on account of hundis being installed in the temple disentitling the sevaks of the temple to any portion of the money placed in the hundis. ..... decision is reported in shri jagannath temple puri management committee v. ..... same effect is the decision of the apex court in shri jagannath temple puri management committee v. ..... see shri jagannath temple puri management ..... in shri jagannath temple's case (12 supra) referred to above, the above decision was specifically referred to in ..... is in such cases expressly or impliedly reserved for the poor or for any other purpose recognized by the mussalman law as a religious, pious or charitable purpose of a permanent character.the said legislation was followed by wakf act, 1913; wakf act, 1954; wakf (amendment) act, 1984 and the present wakf ..... kashi viswanath temple act, 1983 act, wherein a question that fell for consideration was secular function of administration and management of temple was taken out from pandas and was entrusted to the board created under act. .....

Mrinalini Padhi Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the copy of notification dtd.5.02.19 is annexed hereto and marked as annexure:r3/ of the paper book) 46 (xii) proposed amendments to shri jagannath temple act, 1955: as regards suggestions for amendments to shri jagannath temple act, 1955, a draft amendment is under preparation which will be placed before the temple managing committee and state govt. ..... (vii) audit of temple funds by accountant general : as regards the audit of temple funds by accountant general, it is submitted that as per section 27(1) the said act read with shri jagannath temple audit rules, 1968, the audit of shri jagannath temple accounts is being conducted by local fund auditors as appointed by the government of odisha from time to time. ..... he has made reference to the puri shri jagannath temple (administration) act, 1952 (for short, the 1952 act ) and shri jagannath temple act, 1954 (for short, the 1954 act ). ..... relevant extracts of the record of rights prepared under the puri shri jagannath temple (administration) act, 1952 part i and part ii. ..... it has drafted a regulation in this regard and the same was awaiting approval of the managing committee in accordance with the procedure provided under section 31 of the shri jagannath temple act, 1955.32. ..... the puri shri jagannath temple (administration) act, 1952. ..... shri jagannath temple act, 1954. n. p. q.6. ..... section 21 a of the puri sree jagannath temple act should be amended to provide for suspension of a sevak pending initiation and disposal of proceedings against him .....

Harihar Bahinipaty and ors. Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1966Ori35; [1965(10)FLR313]

..... by an amendment made by section 7 of shri jagannath temple (amendment) act, 1961 (orissa act 19 of 1961) the control of sevaks etc. ..... the maintenance of order and discipline and proper hygienic conditions in the temple and of proper standard of cleanliness and purity in the offerings made therein, as required under section 15(4) of the shri jagannath temple act 11 of 1955 quoted above, is for preserving spiritual atmosphere of the temple and for providing facilities to the pilgrims to have peaceful darshan of the deity. ..... this record of rights and duties of various classes of sevaks and other employees in the temple find statutory recognition in shri jagannath temple act, 1954 (orissa act 11 of 1955) which was enacted to provide for better administration and governance of sri jagannath temple at puri and its endowments as will appear from the preamble itself of the act. ..... accordingly the special officer appointed under the puri shri jagannath temple act (act 14 of 1952) filed his report in 1954 (published in the orissa gazette under notification d/-. ..... in 1952 the puri shri jagannath temple (administration) act (orissa act 14 of 1952) was passed to provide for the administration of the temple preventing mismanagement of the temple and its endowments by consolidation of the rights and duties of sevaks, pujaris and such other persons connected with the seva, puja and management thereof. .....

Sri Jagannath Temple Mng. Committee Vs. Siddha Math and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the cost of repetition, we reproduce the relevant part of section 2(oo) of the oea act, 1951 as under: provided that all estates belonging to the temple of lord jagannath at puri within the meaning of the shri jagannath temple act, 1955 and all estates declared to be trust estates by a competent authority under this act prior to the date of coming into force of the orissa estate abolition (amendment) act, 1970 shall be deemed to be trust estates. ..... estates declared to be trust estates by a competent authority under this act prior to the date of coming into force of the orissa estates abolition (amendment) act, 1970 shall be deemed to be trust estates. ..... 2(oo) of the oea act, 1951 (which was inserted by way of an amendment in 1974) defines a trust estate as under: trust estate means an estate the whole of the net income whereof under any trust or other legal obligation has been dedicated exclusively to charitable or religious purposes of a public nature without any reservation of pecuniary benefit to any individual : provided that all estates belonging to the temple of lord jagannath at puri within the meaning of the shri jagannath temple act, 1955 and all .....

Lord Jagannath Through Jagannath Singri Narasingh Das Mahapatra Sridha ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC464; 67(1989)CLT360(SC); JT1988(4)SC296; 1988(2)SCALE1191; 1989Supp(1)SCC553; [1988]Supp3SCR732

..... purposes of a public nature without any reservation of pecuniary benefit to any individual:provided that all estates belonging to the temple of lord jagannath at puri within the meaning of the shri jagannath temple act, 1955 and all estates declared to the trust estates by a competent authority under this act prior to the date of coming into force of the orissa estates abolition (amendment) act, 1970, shall be deemed to be trust estates.on 18.3.1974 the impugned notification under section 3-a, as quoted below, ..... hereby declare that(i) the intermediary interests of all intermediaries whose estates have been declared as trust estates under chapter ii-a of the said act; (ii) those in respect of which claims and references made under the said chapter were pending on the date of commencement of the orissa estates abolition (amendment) act, 1970 (orissa act 33 of 1970); and(iii) the intermediary interests of all intermediaries in respect of all estates other than those which have already ..... proceeded to urge that as a result of the said decision the estate in question went completely out of the ambit of the act and for this reason when in 1974 the act was further amended it was considered necessary to define 'trust estate' in section 2 of the act and to expressly include lord jagannath's estate within the expression with a view to set at rest any controversy in this regard. ..... of orissa and collector, puri, the administrator, jagannath temple, the jagannath committee were also made parties. .....

Radha Govinda Swamy and ors. Vs. State of Orissa and ors.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 57(1984)CLT188; 1984(I)OLR168

..... or religious purposes of a public nature without any reservation of pecuniary benefit to any individual :provided that all estates belonging to the temple of lord jagannath at puri within the meaning of the shri jagannath temple act, 1955 and all estates declared to be trust estates by a competent authority under this act prior to the date of coming into force of the orissa estates abolition (amendment) act 1970, shall be deemed to be trust estates.explanation-the salary, remuneration or any allowance payable to a mutawalli in the case of ..... act, 1951 and the shri jagannath temple act 1955, by the commissioner of endowmeats appointed under the orissa hindu religious endowments act, ..... of march, 1974.provided also that no land held by a temporary lessee of an intermediary in respect of which such lessee has acquired the rights of a raiyat under the 'orissa land re forms act, 1960, prior to the commencement of the orissa estates abulition (amendment) act, 1978, shall be settled with the intermediary under clause (b)'and section 7.a was substituted by the following:'7-a (1) if the state government are of the opinion that any land, whether used for ..... opinion, the laws relating to agrarian reforms like the provisions introduced by the amending acts, do not interfere with the religious affairs of the petitioners. ..... writ applications, the petitioners have challenged the vires of certain provisions of the orissa estates abolition act, 1951, as amended by the amending acts of 1974, 1978 and 1979. .....