Chennai

Pachaiyappa: Single judge order quashed

The first bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside a single judge’s order appointing a retired judge to manage Pachaiyyappa’s Trust in Chennai and instead directed the single judge to rehear the case regards three disputes — the election of the Board of Trustees; the need to modify the scheme and the procedure, the form and substance of proceedings relating to the maladministration.

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Chief Justice AP Sahi and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, on allowing the plea in this regard, was not in favour of the single judge modifying the scheme of administration in place for managing Pachaiyappa Trust and ruling that the president of the Trust shall not be elected from among members and instead appointed by the HC from time to time.

He had also held that only a retired HC judge would be eligible to be appointed as the president and such a person could hold office for a period of two years and would be eligible for reappointment for one more term.

However, the bench accepted the request by retired HC judge P Shanmugam to absolve him of the responsibility and directed the Official Assignee of the HC to administer the Trust until the single judge passes necessary orders within three months.

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