The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday hearing public interest litigation petitions that challenged the decision to lift a ban on registration of 3,085 acres of temple land in Karur district directed the Registration Department not to register the lands.A Division Bench of Justices P. Velmurugan and K.K.
Ramakrishnan was hearing public interest litigation petitions filed by A. Radhakrishnan, T.R.
Ramesh and P. Bhaskar.In his petition, Radhakrishnan said he was a devotee of Balasubramaniya Swamy, Kalyana Pasupatheeswarar Swamy, Ravishwarar Swamy, and Vikrutheswarar Swamy in Karur district.
The authorities had directed the Registration Department to ‘unblock’ (de-freeze) the prohibitory module for lands measuring 3,084.95 acres across 15 villages in Karur district. The lands were previously blocked (in 2008 and 2015) to prevent unlawful alienation.By unblocking them, the authorities facilitated the registration of temple lands without prior sanction from the HR and CE Commissioner and the government, as mandated under Sections 34 and 41 of the HR and CE Act, he said.He sought the quashing of the orders passed by the authorities.
The court posted the PIL petitions for further hearing to November 24. Published - November 04, 2026 08:37 pm IST