Hyderabad, May 21 -- The Telangana High Court has set aside a notice that sought to bring the Maha Shakti temple in Chaitanyapuri, Karimnagar-built and managed by his family-under the regulatory purview of the endowments department.

Court's directions and observations

Justice EV Venugopal, delivering the order, granted authorities three months to consider Sanjay Kumar's representation seeking exemption from mandatory registration of the temple under the Telangana Endowments Act.

The court termed the department's notice as premature but clarified that Sanjay's assertion of the temple being a private institution was not substantiated merely by the absence of donation boxes (hundis) or religious service fees.

Background of the dispute

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