By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Aug 3 : The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to submit a list of jewellery, gold dollars and other assets of Lord Venkateswara and other deities under the purview of the TTD.
The court while hearing a petition filed by one B. Govinda Reddy against the inaction of the TTD in protecting the assets and punishing the guilty, asked the counsel for the TTD what the authorities were doing in this regard till now.
Mr S.R. Ashok, senior counsel, who appeared for the TTD, told the court that a retired judge of the Supreme Court was appointed to look into the irregularities.
Mr S. Ramachandra Rao, senior counsel who appeared for the petitioner expressed apprehensions over the safety of the jewellery in view of the irregularities that were coming to light and the laxity of the officials.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the TTD trust board, Mr D.K. Adikeshavulu Naidu, said that the details of the assets of all temples under the TTD, would be placed before the High Court withing the stipulated time. Till date the very query into the details about the Lord’s jewels was considered a taboo. None of the officials used to entertain the question.
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