Chennai: Following stiff opposition from various quarters, the Andhra Pradesh government has kept in abyeance the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board’s decision to put its immovable properties for public auction.
The government has directed the TTD to reconsider its decision and hold a discussion with stakeholders like religious elders, opinion makers, section of devotees to decide whether these properties can he used for construction of temples and other religious activities.
“Keeping in view the sentiments of devotees, the government hereby directs TTD to re-examine the issue in consultation with different stakeholders like religious elders, opinion makers, section of devotees etc,” an order said.
TTD had decided to auction 50 immovable petty properties located at different places in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, a top functionary of TTD said on Sunday.
The immovable properties which are set to be auctioned include tiny houses and house plots measuring between 1 cent and 5 cents and farming lands between 10 cents and below one acre, said YV Subba Reddy, Chairman of TTD Board, which governs the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.
He said properties donated by devotees to the hill shrine several decades ago were non-maintainable and non- revenue generating for TTD as they were very petty and unviable.
Andhra and Tamilnadu have 26 and 23 such properties respectively and one land in Rishikesh, he added. A total income of about Rs 24 crore is expected to fetched from the auctions, Reddy said.
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