Office Memorandum No. 3240/2010/RDAPRD of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Odisha dated 17th September, 2010 on the administration of a temple [C14-XS0]

No. 3240/2010/RDAPRD

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, dated the 17th September, 2010

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 Rural Development and Panchayat Raj 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 B to the Board within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred 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 Board shall dispose of it within sixty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Odisha.

(Secretary to Government)