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

The Bench stressed that officers from different departments of both the Centre and State had to work in tandem for the purpose.

The Telangana High Court on July 28 instructed the State and Central governments to prepare a comprehensive plan for conservation and management of iconic Ramappa temple in Mulugu district, which was recently recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site. 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 considered a newspaper article as a PIL petition. Observing that “it was not an adversarial litigation”, the Chief Justice said it was a golden opportunity for both the governments to showcase the temple before the world. The Bench stressed that officers from different departments of both the Centre and State had to make concerted efforts for the purpose. “You never work in tandem… It is national monument...You have to give it your best shot,” the judge said.