HINDU RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS ACT
1. The Government has constituted the following Commission to review and suggest measures for better management of Institutions and Endowments:
Justice Sri Challa Kondaiah, Retd.Chief Justice of High Court of A.P.
2. In pursuance of Judgment rendered by Justice Sri K.Ramaswamy in W.P.No.638/87, a committee was constituted to deal with the following aspects :
Payment of the remuneration to Archakas
3. “Archakas and other Employees welfare fund” means:
The fund created for the welfare of the Archakas and other employees of the Hindu Religious & Endowments
4. The constitution of India prohibits spending of any expenses for promotion or maintenance of any particular religion or religious denomination from out of the flowing funds from public Exchequer:
Article 27
5. The Division Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court held the “Vijayawada Gosamrakshana Sangham” as:
Public Charitable Institution
6. Section 2(17) of the present Act defines “Mutt” and it corresponds to the provision following under Act 1966:
Sec 2(17) of Act 17/1966
7. The following institutions are the centers of “Theological learning”:
Mutt
8. The person making an enquiry under Section 149 is protected under:
Judicial Officers Protection Act, 1850
9. Extract from Section 43 Register may be certified as per the following provisions:
Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
10. “Archaka” includes :
All of the given options (Pujari, Panda and Archakatvam Mirandar)
11. The Revenue Divisional Officer either suo-moto or an application of the
Trustee E.O. or the Commissioner, etc., resume the following lands:
Inam lands
12. The appointment of the Ast.Commissioner, Endowments is made under the following provision of the Endowments Act :
U/s.3
13. Property or Money endowed for the performance of any specific Service or Charity means:
Specific Endowment
14. Proposals for fixing the “Dittam” in the Institution or Endowments shall be submitted to :
The Commissioner
15. U/s.29 of the Endowments Act, the following persons are appointed :
The Executive Officer
16. The Commissioner may delegate the powers to an Assistant Commissioner any of the powers conferred on him:
Sections 7, 9 and 99
17. The Institutions are liable to pay annual contribution for the services rendered by the following: Government and their employees
18. The authority competent to prepare the code of conduct for the Trustee, Archaka and other office holders:
The Commissioner
19. Assessment of contribution shall be made by the following authority:
The Commissioner
20. For the services rendered by the Government and their employees salaries shall be paid from:
Consolidated fund later reimbursed from Endowments Administrative Fund
21. A certificate under Section 43 is granted by the following Authority:
The Asst. Commissioner of Endowments
22. Authority competent to file a case of encroachment U/s.85 of the Endowments Act is :
The Dy. Commissioner
23. Authority competent to enquire into and decide any dispute U/s.87 of the Endowments is :
The Endowments Tribunal
24. “Common Good” Fund shall be utilized for the promotion of all or any of the objects mentioned in the following provision:
Section 70
25. “Chairman” of the Endowments Tribunal means: Judicial Officer not below the rank of District Judge
26. Section 43 Register extracts may be certified as per the following provision:
Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
27. The fund created U/s.161 of the Act No.33/2007 shall be utilized for the welfare of the following persons:
Both 1 and 2 (Welfare of Archakas and welfare of employees working in thereligious charitable & institutions )
28. Publication of the Institutions is done based on the following criteria:
Based on the income of the Institutions & Endowments
29. Section 132 of the Endowments Act deals with:
Transfer of proceedings
30. Power to enter & inspect any premises of the institution or Endowment: is restricted between 9.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m.
31. Amounts for maintaining Dhoopa Deepa Naivedyam Scheme is payed from the following fund:
Common Good Fund
32. Certain disputes U/s.87 of Endowments Act are dealt by :
The Endowments Tribunal
33. The authority competent to transfer proceedings etc., under the Endowments Act :
The Commissioner Endowments
34. Section 39 (2) of the Endowments Act empowers the following authority to transfer the office holders and servants:
The Dy.Commissioner or the Asst.Commissioner Endowments
35. An application U/s.43 is to be made, to the following authority: The Asst.Commissioner
36. Any person aggrieved by an entry or omission in the register maintained U/s.43 may apply to the following authority:
The Endowments Tribunal
37. The provision which enables to question the entry or omission maintained U/s.43 is :
Section 45
38. “Religious Charity” means:
Public charity which associates with Hindu festival
39. Vesting of management in the Board of non –Hereditary Trustees was held valid in:
Pannalal Bansilal Pitti vs. State of Andhra Pradesh
40. Rectification of entries shall be made in 43 only in pursuance of the orders passed by the following authority :
The Endowments Tribunal
41. The rectification of entries in the 43 Register shall be made by the following authority:
The Asst. Commissioner Endowments
42. The salary of the Executive Officer working in the Charitable & Religious Institution shall be paid from the following fund:
Section 69 Fund
43. The authority competent to exercise the powers in the sub-division under his charge is :
The Asst.Commissioner Endowments
44. Extracts from the entries maintained U/s.43 to be furnished by the following authority :
The Asst.Commissioner Endowments
45. “Rationalisation of pay scales to Archakas” was made through a committee constituted in pursuance of the following :
W.P.No.638/1987
46. Property of a Charitable or Religious Institution or Endowments not to vest under the law of :
Limitation Act
47. “Dharmika Parishad” is constituted under the following provisions of the Endowments Act:
Section 152
48. Any person aggrieved by the decision U/s.87 may prefer an appeal to the following authority:
The Hon’ble High Court
49. No application U/s.93 be preferred unless the matter has been; disposed off by the following authority:
The Commissioner
50. The Government is empowered to make rules under the following provisions of the Endowments Act:
Section 153
51. Section 144 of Endowments Act deals with the following:
Abolition of shares in Hundi and other Rusums
52. Section 145 of the Endowments Act deals with the following:
Adoption and Amalgamation of Institutions and Endowments
53. The following authority shall be a corporate sole and shall have perpetual succession and common seal and may sue or be sued in the corporate name under the Endowments Act:
The Commissioner
54. “Renovation Committee” is constituted under the following provisions of the Endowments Act:
Section 146, Section 18on 19
55. The Trustee may make an application in the manner prescribed for permission to utilize “surplus funds” created under:
Section 72
56. Sale of immovable property, otherwise than by public auction can be permitted by the following:
The Government
57. Concurrent audit shall take place when the income exceeds:
Twenty Five Lakhs
58. “Dharmika Parishad” may suo-moto or on an application remove the following:
The Mathadhipathi
59. Every vacancy whether permanent or temporary among the office holders and servants shall be filled up by the following authority:
Executive Officer, if the income exceeds ten lakhs
60. Framing of a scheme under Section 144 shall be approved by the following Authority:
Dharmika Parishad
61. Power to have the Institution or Endowment registered by the Commissioner under the following provision:
Under Section 44
62. Immovable property shall be purchased for or on behalf of a Charitable Institution with the prior sanction of the following:
The Commissioner
63. Vesting of management in the Board of non-hereditary trustees was held valid in:
Pannalal Bansilal Pitti vs. State of Andhra Pradesh
64. Each region in the State made U/s.5 shall be under the charge of the following authority:
Regional Joint Commissioner
65. “Dharmika Parishad” is constituted by the following enactment:
By Act No.33 of 2007 w.e.f. 26.08.2008
66. The removal order of Mathadhipathi shall be confirmed by:
The Government
67. Properties of C & HRI & Endowments Act shall not come under the Law of Limitation as per the following provision:
Section 143
68. Extraordinary powers U/s.110 of the Endowments Act is initiated by :
The Executive Officer
69. Resignation under Section 101 of the Act will come into force:
From the date of acceptance by the Government
70. Executive Officer appointed shall be a person professing:
Hinduism
71. A Trustee can be suspended, removed or dismissed by the following authority:
The Authority competent to appoint a trustee
72. Common Good Fund shall vest in a Committee constituted by :
The Government
73. Un-authorized sale of immovable property belonging to Charitable or Religious Institution is invalidated under the following provision:
Section 81
74. An employee of any Institution or Endowment can be authorized to exercise the powers and perform the functions and discharge the duties of the Executive Officer under:
Section 29 proviso
75. Pending implementation of decision under Section 87(1), Interim Orders can be passed under the following provision:
Section 87(3)
76. The use and occupation of the properties assailed under Section 83 of the Endowments Act can be ordered under :
Under Section 83(6) of the Endowments ACt
77. The power of review under the Endowments Act is vested with the following authority:
The Government
78. The provision of chapter III other than Sections 23,24,28 & 29 & chapter IV of the Act shall not apply to :
Dharmadayam
79. One should be free from “Sapthavyasanams” to be appointed as: Archaka under the Act
80. Abolition of hereditary right is not violative of the following:
Article 25(1) or 26(b) of the constitution
81. Mathadhipathi’s principle duty is to:
Engage himself in teachings and propagation of Hindu Religion and philosophy
82. Hereditary Trustee under the Endowments Act means:
Trustee of a Charitable or Religious Institution, whose office devolves according to rule of succession:
83. Classification of the Institutions is based on the following:
The Annual Income
84. The office holder can be removed or dismissed by the following authority:
The Executive Officer above 10 Lakhs
85. The Government of A.P. by G.O.Rt.No.688 Revenue (Endts-I), dt.17.05.1996 constituted a committee in respect of the following:
Paymnet of remuneration to Archakas
86. U/s.29(3)(V) empowers the following authority to execute works in case of emergency :
The Executive Officer
87. Tenancy Act do not apply to the lease of lands belonging to C & HRI & Endowments as per the following provision under the Tenancy Act:
Section 18(1) sub-clause (f) of the Tenancy Act.
88. Cancellation of leases of Agricultural lands U/s.82 of the Endowments Act was upheld in the following Judgment:
State of A.P. & Others vs. Nallamalli Ramireddy and Others
89. Section 82 was amended by the following Act:
Amendment Act, 27/2002
90. A “Cultivating tenant” shall not be considered as landless poor person for the purchase of Endowed property if he possess the following :
Owning residential property exceeding 200 Sq.yds in Urban area
91. The expression “ Scheduled Tribe” shall have the meaning assigned to it under the following :
Clause 25 of Article 366 of the Constitution of India
92. Issues involved in Ananth Prasad Lakshminivas Ganeriwal vs.State of Andhra Pradesh and Others reported in AIR 1963 Supreme Court 853 is:
Extra Territorial Operation of State Law
93. “Endowments Tribunal” was restrained from declaring the Founder Trustee or Member of Founder Family to the Institutions established prior to 1987 was held in the following Judgment:
Sri Vallabharayeshwara Swamy Temple vs. Bellamkonda Subramanya Sarma and another
94. Pendency of compromise in relation to application U/s.83(1) before the Commissioner of Endowments is:
Not a bar for execution of an eviction order U/s.84(1) of Endowments Act.
95. The presumption U/s.87(4) is to be contradicted by the following :
By the person claiming the Institution or endowment to be private
96. In lieu of salary, the properties given to Archakas may be retained subject to rendering service, was observed in the following Judgment:
I.A.No.3 in W.P(C).No.696/1987
97. The orders passed by the Dy. Commissioner U/s.87(5) r/w 87(1) of the amended Act, 33/2007 requires to comply Section 87(5) of Act, 30/87:
Do not require to comply Section 87(5) of the Act, 30/87
98. The powers U/s.87(1) as per the amended Act, 33/2007 w.e.f. 03.01.2008 have been conferred on the following authorities:
The Endowments Tribunal
99. Basing on the recommendations of Justice Kondaiah Commission, the Government repealed the following Act:
Act, 17/1966
100. Section 15 of the Act, 30/87 deals with the following appointments: Board of Trustees
101. Exemption from operation of any of the provisions under the Endowments Act is provided under the following provision:
Section 154
102. “ Charitable Endowment” defined under the Act, 30/87 means:
Property given or endowed for any charitable purpose
103. “Charitable Institution” is defined under the following provision :
Section 2 (4) of Act, 30/87
104. In view to secure uniformity of law, to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh in respect of Hindu Public religious Institutions and Charitable Institutions, the following integrated enactment was made by the following Act:
Act, 17/1966
105. Section 15 of the Act, 30/87 is applicable only when the Institution fulfills the following criteria:
Published U/s.6 of the Act, 30/87
106. The Supreme Court suggested to exempt the Institutions from the provisions of the Act, classified under Section 6 Sub-section(c) in the following Judgment:
A.S.Narayana Deekshithulu vs. State of Andhra Pradesh
107. The members of the founder family should b e appointed to the Board of Trustees, but never suggested to exclude those ;temple from the purview of the Act:
Supreme Court has observed in Pannalal Bansilal Pitti Vs.State of AndhraPradesh AIR 1996
108. On Abolition of Hereditary rights, Archaka remains to be :
An employee like other secular staff
109. The statutory provision cannot be circumvented, prescribed U/s.3 & 4 of the Endowments Act, for the appointment of the Commissioner was held in the following case:
W.P.No.16772/2005 filed by Pappu Venkat Rao vs. Commissioner of Endowments
110. “Archaka” is nominated as Ex-officio member of Trust Board w.e.f. : Act, 33/2007, dt.03.01.2008
111. Advisory Council for the State, constituted under Section 152 of the Act, 30/87 was replaced by :
A.P.Dharmika Parishad
112. A.P. Dharmika Parishad was constituted under the following amendment:
Act, 33/2007
113. Jurisdiction to determine the competing claims for membership of a founder’s family of a Hindu religious institution is on the following authority:
Endowments Tribunal
114. The powers for recovery of contributions etc. as arrears of land revenue is allowed under the following provisions of Endowments Act:
Allowed under 148 of the Endowments Act.
115. Chapter XIV under the Act, 30/87 is exclusively applicable to the following Institutions:
Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams
117. The authority competent to determine cultivating tenant as a landless poor person defined under Section 82 of the Endowments Act is :
The Asst. Commissioner
118. Any person aggrieved by the decision in determining cultivating tenant as a landless poor person defined under Section 82 of the Endowments Act may prefer an appeal to the following authority :
The Regional Joint Commissioner
119. The persons appointed as members under sub-section(1) of Section 96 of the Endowments Act shall be persons professing the following religion:
Hindu
120. An Endowment under the Hindu Law is dedication of property: For a Charitable or a Religious purpose
121. No compromises shall be effected U/s.89 of the Act with respect to Endowment lands was ordered in the following Cases:
W.P.M.P.No.15055/2005 in W.P.No.11812/2005
122. The limitation under Section 92(4) of the Endowments Act is not applicable to the following:
When the Commissioner of Endowments suo-motu calls for records andexamine them
123. Classification assigned to an Institution or Endowments can be altered by: The Commissioner
124. Surplus amounts if any remains after repaying the amounts specified in Sub-section 3 Section 69 shall be transferred to : Common good fund
125. The APC & HRI and Endowments Act applies to : To all the Charitable Institution and Endowments registered or not
126. If an order is passed by the Commissioner in appeal U/s.37 (3)(a), second appeal lies to: The Government
127. Lending or borrowing of money on behalf of institution can be done : With the sanction of the Commissioner
128. Shares in Hundi and other Rusums is abolished: U/s.144
129. The amount for utilization towards Dhoopa Deepa Naivedyam shall not be less than ……..of CGF income: Twenty five per-centum of the receipts
130. If the holder of the Inam land has failed to perform service to the temple: The R.D.O. can resume
131. The power to impose the punishment of removal or dismissal from service of religious office Holder is vested with:
Commissioner
132. Bequeathing of properties in favour of temples are governed by:
Section 140
133. Section 98 of the Act deals with qualifications & disqualifications of the following:
Chairman & Member of T.T.D.
134. I.A.No.12/97 in W.P.No.638/87 was filed by the following: Executive Officer, T.T.D., Tirupathi vs. A.S.Narayana Deekshithulu & Others
135. U/s.97-A of the Endowments Act, a committee is constituted by the Government for :
T.T.D.
136. T.T.D management committee is constituted by :
The Government
137. Section 105 dissolution & reconstitution of Board or Committee is effected by the following:
By the Government on the recommendation of the Commissioner
138. The Executive Officer, Joint Executive Officer, Special grade Dy.Executive Officer etc., are appointed under the following provisions of the Endowments Act:
Section 106
139. Executive Officer appointed under the Endowments Act to T.T.D. shall be :
The Chief Administrative Officer
140. The limits of the Tirumala Hills area for the purposes of Civic Administration shall be notified by :
The Government from time to time in A.P. Gazette
141. Suits & other legal proceedings by or against T.T.D’s shall be issued to or served on the following:
The Executive Officer
142. Section 119 of the Act deals with: Enquiries
143. Appointment made under Section 137 posses the following powers:
The powers and functions of the Board of Trustees
144. Except Section 57 all the provisions in chapter VII shall apply to the following committee:
Renovation Committee
145. Authority competent to initiate action against the person found guilty in the audit report:
The Commissioner
146. The lands belonging to the Institutions or Endowments situated in scheduled areas can be purchased by the following authority:
The Government
147. Adverse possession over the property of Charitable or Religious Institution or Endowment, in the State of Telangana shall not apply after the following year:
26th January’1967
148. The age of superannuation of every office holder or servant shall be sixty years, the said amendment came into force w.e.f.:
01.10.2016
149. The Executive Committee Members of the Dharmika Parishad are mentioned in the following provision of the Act:
Section 152
150. Sections 144 is applicable to institutions, whose annual income exceeds:
5 Lakhs per annum
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