Mehta: refers to a judgment Seshammal & Ors, vs State Of Tamil Nadu- tamil gov government appointed archakas as its a secular activity-"he State cannot reform a religion out of existence and if any denomination has accepted the hereditary principle.for chosing its priest that would be a religious practice vital to the religious faith and cannot be changed on the ground ,that it leads to social reform"

J Nagarathna: in the name of social reform, religion can't lose its identity