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Today's
Tirumala News..
Aug
31 2010 (Tuesday)
Headlines
TTD's
special baba shunted out
TD demands prosecution of official
Specified Authority takes over TTD administration
TTD's
special baba shunted out
Hyderabad/Tirumala,
August 30
AT last, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams' (TTD) special
officer AV Dharma Reddy is out of the temple administration.
Dharma Reddy, who has been mired in several controversies,
has been posted as secretary, AP Information Commission.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Additional Commissioner
K Bhaskar has been appointed Joint Executive Officer, Tirumala.
This appears to be a part of the cleansing process Chief
Minister K Rosaiah has undertaken in the wake of a series
of allegations against the temple administration.
A week earlier, he created a specified authority comprising
bureaucrats instead of constituting a regular board, which
usually has many politicians as members, to oversee the TTD
administration.
Significantly, Dharma Reddy's transfer on Monday coincided
with the swearing in of the specified authority headed by
special chief secretary J Satyanarayana.
What proved to be the last straw for Dharma Reddy was the
suicide of VM Suresh, a senior assistant who was working under
him.
The TTD employees' unions alleged that the young man had
ended his life as Reddy tried to implicate him in the Arjita
seva ticket scam.
Dharma Reddy, an officer of the Indian Defence Estate Service,
was deputed to the TTD in 2004. Since then, his tenure had
been marked by one controversy or the other.
TD
demands prosecution of official
Tirupati
, Aug 30:
The Telugu Desam state joint secretary, Mr E.V. Satish Kumar,
and district spokesman, Mr Neelam Balaji, hailed on Monday
the transfer of Tirumala special officer, Mr A.V. Dharma Reddy,
but reiterated their demand for his arrest and prosecution
as he was facing allegations in connection with the arjitham
seva ticket scam.
Speaking to the media, the TD leaders said that transferring
the official who faces serious allegations of corruption,
to a vital department like the RTI would endanger the interests
of the public.
They demanded that Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, take immediate
steps to repatriate him to the central defence service and
recommend his suspension based on the various allegations
of corruption against him and for abetting the suicide of
a TTD employee recently.
Specified
Authority takes over TTD administration
Tirumala,
August 30 :
SPECIFIED Authority today took over the reins of the Tirumala
Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), succeeding the TTD board of trustees
headed by DK Audikesavulu, whose term has ended recently.
In view of the several controversies surrounding the TTD,
the custodian of the world famous hill shirne of Lord Venkateswara
on Tirumala, the state government decided against constituting
a new board of trustees and instead appointed the Specified
Authority with senior IAS officer J Satyanarayana as its,
chairman.
Sathyanarayana was administered the oathof office and secrecy
as chairman of the Specified Authority and V Nagi Reddy as
member in front of the presiding deity in Srivari Temple in
the morning.
Executive officer IYR Krishna Rao administered the oath.
Rao was also administered the oath of office and secrecy
as member of the Specified Authority by special officer AV
Dharma Reddy.
The newly-assumed Specified Authority held its first meeting
on Tirumala today and it resumed the current booking of Srivari
Darshan and Seva tickets at Tirumala from September l.
Addressing mediapersons after the meeting, authority chairman
Satayanarayana said the number of Arjit Seva tickets allotted
for current booking are: Suprabhatam (100), Kalyanotsavam
(100) Nijapada Darsanam (100), Unjala Seva (100), Arjita Brahmotsavam
(25), Vasantotsavam (25) and Sahasra Deepaalankara Seva (70).
He said they would strive for improving the facilities to
the pilgrims and ensure a transparent administration.
He stressed the need for hygiene and sanitation on Tirumala,
which is visited by thousands of pilgrims every day.
He said that there first and foremost priority was to serve
the devotees in an effective manner.
CURRENT BOOKING QUOTA
Suprabhatam: 100
Kalyanotsavam: 100
Nijapada Darsanam: 100
Unjala Seva: 100
Arjita Brahmotsavam: 25
Vasantotsavam: 25
Sahasra Deepaalankara Seva: 70
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