HC puts off plea on temple lands

HYDERABAD: Following protest from a special government pleader asking the court not to entertain arguments on the report of a judicial commission, whose findings have yet to be accepted by the government, the High Court on Thursday posted the petition pertaining to temple lands to a further date. When the matter pertaining to the encroachment of temple lands came up, senior counsel S Ramachandra Rao handed over to the bench a copy of the report of Justice A Venkatarami Reddy who had submitted a report to the state in June 2006. When Rao was quoting instances from the report, special government pleader A Satya Prasad objected and told the bench it was unfair to discuss on a report whose contents have not yet been accepted by the government. The bench then posted the matter to a further date.

THE TIMES OF INDIA; 28 Mar 2008, 0310 hrs IST , TNN