Office Memorandum No. 1771/2024/FD of the Finance Department, Government of Odisha dated 11th July, 2024 on the administration of a temple [C14-6ZF]

No. 1771/2024/FD

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

Finance Department, Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, dated the 11th July, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The administration of a temple by executives officer of a temple under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Finance Department, Government of Odisha on the manner in which the administration of a temple by executives officer of a temple is to be regulated under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952.

2. The matter has been examined. Every executive officer of a temple carrying on the administration of a temple shall make an application in Form C to the Endowments Tribunal within one hundred and twenty days, accompanied by a fee of five thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the administration of a temple is undertaken, and the Endowments Tribunal shall dispose of it within one hundred and twenty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Finance Department, Government of Odisha.

(Secretary to Government)