India, Dec. 11 -- Terming the Punjab government's move to register an FIR in the matter of 328 missing holy saroops of Guru Granth Sahib as a direct challenge to Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, and an unwarranted interference in its administrative rights, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday put the ball in the court of acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and urged him to issue an edict.

Sharing details of the resolution passed at the executive committee meeting at its headquarters, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami, who chaired the meeting, said, "Though action regarding the sacred saroops (holy scriptures) had already been completed in accordance with the directives of Akal Takht ...