#Tamil Nadu : Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay-led Government Moves SC Challenging Madras HC Order Allowing Lighting Of Lamp On The Thirupparankundram hill

The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras high court order allowing the lighting of a lamp on the Thirupparankundram hill in the state.

The C Joseph Vijay-led state government had moved the apex court on June 11 and filed the petition through the Tamil Nadu government counsel B Karunakaran.

As reported by PTI, The counsel confirmed the filing of the petition challenging the January 6 order of the Madurai bench of the Madras high court order that upheld the single judge’s order of December 1, 2025, which had ordered that the ceremonial lamp be lit on the festival day.

On January 6, the high court while upholding the single-judge’s order, said the apprehension about law and order due to this religious practice is nothing but an “imaginary ghost” created by them for the sake of their convenience.

It had made clear that the spot on which the stone pillar (Deepathoon) is located belongs to the Sri Subramania Swamy temple and that the Waqf Board, as of date, has no locus in this matter.

“It is ridiculous and hard to believe the fear of the mighty State that by allowing representatives of the devasthanam to light the lamp at the stone pillar near the top of the hill located within its territory of Devasthanam land, on a particular day in a year, will cause disturbance to public peace,” the high court had stated.

“Of course, it may happen only if such a disturbance is sponsored by the State itself. We pray no state should stoop to that level to achieve their political agenda,” the high court order had said.