The petitioner had challenged an Andhra Pradesh HC order which rejected a plea that alleged “wrongful procedure” being followed in the conduct of rituals at the Tirupati temple.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of an appeal challenging an Andhra Pradesh High Court order which rejected a devotee’s plea that alleged “wrongful and irregular procedure” being followed in the conduct of the rituals at the Tirupati temple saying that “a Constitutional Court cannot look into the day-to-day affairs of a temple
A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, however, made it clear that this does not give a free pass to the temple administration and asked it to give a proper response to the appellant within eight weeks. It said he could approach the appropriate forum if he still has any grievance.
This Court cannot entertain this under a writ. Apart from pooja, if the administration is ignoring rules and regulations or indulging any other violation of arrangements, those are the only areas where we can ask Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) to clarify the issues raised by the petitioner or any other devotee. Other than this, if we start interfering in sevas, then it will not be feasible,” said the bench.