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The Koodamanickam Devaswom Act, 2005

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The Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 2005, regulates the administration, finances, and vast properties of the historic Koodalmanickam Temple in Kerala. It applies directly to the temple’s managing committee, administrators, employees, and Hindu worshippers. This legislation matters because it provides a solid legal framework to prevent financial corruption, secure temple assets, and mandate regular public audits. Furthermore, the act preserves traditional religious customs by ensuring that spiritual decisions remain solely under the final authority of the chief priest. It also advances social justice by reserving ten percent of all entry cadre temple jobs for marginalized members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

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  1. 1. Short title and Commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Incorporation
  4. 4. Composition of the Committee
  5. 5. Term of office of Non-official members, resignation and removal of such members and casual vacancies arising in their places
  6. 6. Supersession of Committee
  7. 7. Meetings of the Committee
  8. 8. Acts or proceedings of the Committee not to be invalidated
  9. 9. Remuneration of the Chairman and Members
  10. 10. Duties of Committee
  11. 11. Alienation of Devaswom properties
  12. 12. Limitation of power for borrowing and lending
  13. 13. Administration report
  14. 14. Appointment of Administrator
  15. 15. Conditions of service of Administrator
  16. 16. Holding Additional charge of the office of the Administrator
  17. 17. Powers and duties of Administrator
  18. 18. Establishment schedule
  19. 19. Appointment of officers and employees
  20. 20. Fixing of standard scales of expenditure
  21. 21. Budget
  22. 22. Revised or supplementary budget
  23. 23. Accounts and audit
  24. 24. Authority to whom audit report is to be submitted
  25. 25. Contents of audit report
  26. 26. Rectification of defects disclosed in audit and order of surcharge against Committee, etc.
  27. 27. Authority of Committee to mcur expenditure for certam purposes -. Authority of Committee to mcur expenditure for certam purposes
  28. 28. Committee to be m possesszon of Devaswom propertzes -. Committee to be m possesszon of Devaswom propertzes
  29. 29. Pt otectwn of actzon taken zn good fazth -. Pt otectwn of actzon taken zn good fazth
  30. 30 Publzc officers to furnrsh copzes, or extracts of certam documents -. Publzc officers to furnrsh copzes, or extracts of certam documents
  31. 31 Cost of proceedzngs, etc.-. Cost of proceedzngs, etc.
  32. 32. Nottficatwns, orders etc, not to be questwned m court of law.-. Nottficatwns, orders etc, not to be questwned m court of law.
  33. 33. Power of Government to call for records and pass orders -. Power of Government to call for records and pass orders
  34. 34. Savmgs -. Savmgs
  35. 35. Thantrl to be final authority m rehgwus matters-. Thantrl to be final authority m rehgwus matters
  36. 36. Power to make rules-. Power to make rules
  37. 37. Power to make Regulatzons.-. Power to make Regulatzons.
  38. 38 Removal of difficulties -. Removal of difficulties
  39. 39 Repeal and savutg-. Repeal and savutg

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