Prepare a conservation, management plan for Ramappa temple: HC to Centre, State

Officers told to file status reports within four weeks

Telangana High Court on Wednesday instructed the State and Central governments to prepare a comprehensive plan for conservation and management of the iconic Ramappa temple in Mulugu district, which was recently recognised as a world heritage site by UNESCO. A Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy directed the officers concerned to file status reports on the matter within four weeks. The Bench took up a newspaper story as PIL petition. Observing that “it was not an adversarial litigation”, the CJ said it was a golden opportunity for both the governments to showcase the temple before the world. The Bench made it clear that officers of different departments of both governments have to make concerted efforts for the purpose. “You never work in tandem… It is a national monument...You have to give it your best shots..” the CJ said.