New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court has directed the District Collector of Haridwar to conduct a personal inquiry into the management of the Maa Chandi Devi Temple Trust, Haridwar.

A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and SVN Bhatti, asking the District Collector to conduct a fresh inquiry, directed him to recommend a suitable interim management structure in a report to be submitted to the High Court, which shall then take a final call on the permanent management of the temple trust.

It, however, also refrained from disturbing the interim arrangement put in place by the Uttarakhand High Court by which the management of the trust was directed to be under the supervision of the Badarinath Kedarnath Temple Committe (BKTC).

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