Chennai, Dec. 16 -- The Hazarath Sultan Sikkandar Badhusha Avuliya Dargah, challenging a single judge's order directing the lighting of a lamp at the stone pillar (Deepathoon) atop the Thiruparankundram Hills, submitted before the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Monday (December 15) that the minority community was facing serious difficulties in peacefully enjoying the land granted to it in 1920.

A Division Bench comprising Justice G. Jayachandran and Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan was hearing a batch of appeals, including those filed by the Dargah management, assailing the single judge's direction to the temple authorities to light the lamp at the stone pillar. The single judge had earlier held that the Deepathoon was not situated on lan...