Bare ActsThe TAMIL NADU HINDU RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1959

Section 72

Consideration of objections, if any, and notification of institution

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Consideration of objections, if any, and notification of institution.—(1) Where no such objection has been received within the time so specified or granted, the Government may, on receipt of a report from the Commissioner to that effect, by notification, declare the religious institution to be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. (2) Where any such objections have been received within the time so specified or granted, the Commissioner shall hold an enquiry into the objections in the manner prescribed and decide whether the institution should be notified to be subject to the provisions of this chapter or not. (3) If the Commissioner decides that the institution should be notified as aforesaid, he shall make a report to that effect to the Government who may thereupon, by notification, declare the religious institution to be subject to the provisions of this chapter. (4) Any trustee or any person having an interest, who is aggrieved by a notification published under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) may, within thirty days from the date of its publication, institute a suit in the Court for the cancellation of such notification and the Government shall cancel the notification if the Court so directs : Provided that the Court shall have no power to suspend the operation of the notification pending the disposal of the suit. (5) Any party aggrieved by a decree of the Court under sub-section (4) may, within ninety days from the date of the decree, appeal to the High Court. 1[(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (4) and (5), if the Government after taking into consideration such matters relating to the management and administration of the religious institution as may be prescribed, are satisfied at any time after the publication of a notification under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) that it is no longer necessary to continue the notification, they may cancel the notification. (7) 1[Any notification published 2[* * *] under section 64 of the 3[Tamil Nadu] Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 (3[Tamil Nadu] Act XIX of 1951) and in force on] the date of commencement of this Act shall be as valid as if such notification had been published under this Act : Provided that if on the date of the commencement of this Act a period of thirty days has lapsed from the date of the publication of a notification under section 64 of the 3[Tamil Nadu] Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951 (3[Tamil Nadu] Act XIX of 1951), no suit shall be instituted under sub-section (4) of this section: _____________________________________________________ This sub-section was substituted for the following sub-section (6) by section 2(i) of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Amendment) Act 1965 (Tamil Nadu Act 16 of 1965):— 66 Provided further that if, on the date of the commencement of this Act, a period of thirty days has not lapsed from the date of publication of the notification under section 64 of the said Act, the date of publication of such notification for the purposes of sub-section (4) of this section shall be the date of publication of that notification under the said Act.

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