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LA GAZETTE DE L’ETAT
[5 December 2023
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
HINDU RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND WAQF
(G.O. Ms. No. 35/CHRI/T.3/2023,
Puducherry, dated 31st October 2023)
ORDER
Adverting to the Orders, dated 30-06-2023 of
the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Madras in
W.P. Nos. 34726 of 2022 and 3241 of 2023, and G.O.
Ms. No. 1/CHRI/T.2/2023, dated 14-07-2023 and in
exercise of the powers conferred under the Puducherry
Hindu Religious Institutions Act, 1972, Thiru D. Sathish
Kumaran, s/o. Dandavarayan, Lower Division Clerk,
Sri NKC Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School,
Kirumampakkam, Puducherry, is hereby appointed as
Temple Administrative Officer of Sri Desa Muthumariamman
Thirukoil, Vennila Nagar, Nellithope, Puducherry, on
Honorary basis. The Temple Administrative Officer shall
administer the said Devasthanam as envisaged in the
provisions of the Puducherry Hindu Religious
Institutions Act, 1972 and the rules framed thereunder.
Important duties and responsibilities of the Temple
Administrative Officer are given below :
(i) To take over the administration of the said
Devasthanam along with movable and immovable assets;
(ii) Submission of compliance report on taking
over of the administration of the temple along with the
details of movable and immovable properties with a
period of fifteen days from taking over the
administration;
(iii) Submission of annual report on maintenance
of movable and immovable assets including the cleaning
and desilting of temple ponds;
(iv) To coordinate and facilitate the completion of
work undertaken by donors as per rule 13 (9);
(v) Submission of annual budget by March as per
rule 13 of the Act;
(vi) To maintain accounts as per sections 14 to
17 of Hindu Religious Institutions Act and to get the
accounts, audited annually by the Directorate of
Accounts and Treasuries, Puducherry;
(vii) Shall ensure that the Poojas and Festivals are
conducted according to the customs followed by the
Devasthanam;
(viii) Shall collect all debts and funds due to the
Institution and secure them from the loss or risk of loss;
(ix) Shall ensure that appropriate proceedings are
instituted to effect all debts and funds due to the
Institution or recovery thereof and also to defend such
action against the Institution in respect of the property
of the Institution;
(x) Shall not connive at or facilitate any act or
conduct of another person which would involve a
breach of trust or occasion risk or loss to the property
belonging to the Institution;
(xi) Shall strictly conform to and carry out the
terms and shall not encumber the properties of the
Institution by persistently incurring expenditure beyond
the limits of the income of the property of the
Institution;
(xii) Shall not in any way make use of the property
of the Institution or of his position as Temple
Administrative Officer, for his self-interest or private
advantage; and shall be personally responsible for the
exercise of his judgment and for performance of his duty
and he cannot, therefore, escape responsibility by
leaving to another person the exercise of judgment or
the performance of that duty.
The Temple Administrative Officer shall hold office
for a period of three years from the date of its
appointment, unless in the meanwhile removed or
dismissed or on resignation is accepted or otherwise
cease to be Temple Administrative Officer.
(By order)
A. SIVASANKARAN,
Under Secretary to Government (Temples).
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
(TOURISM UNIT), YANAM
Yanam, dated 17th November 2023.
TENDER-CUM-AUCTION NOTICE
Sealed tenders are invited for the sale of
unserviceable/obsolete articles such as furniture
(wooden/steel/plastic) and other electrical items in a
single lot belonging to Government Tourist Homes (old
& new) in ‘as-is-where-is’ condition.
2. The intending tenderers can inspect the
unserviceable articles during the office hours on any
working day but, on or before the auction date at this
office with the prior permission of the undersigned.
3. The sealed tenders should be addressed to the
Regional Administrator, Office of the Regional
Administrator, Tourism Unit, Government Street, Yanam-
533 464, duly superscripted on the envelope as ‘Tender
for the purchase of unserviceable/obsolete articles
(wooden/steel/plastic) and other electrical items’ and
