New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday put the Maharashtra government in control over the day-to-day administration of the Shingnapur Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan by staying a recent Bombay high court order that had interfered with the government notification appointing an administrator over the temple. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant stayed the December 12 order of the high court terming it "dangerous" to allow the temple trust to restore control when its term is to end by December 31 this year and with hundreds of crores of rupees kept in the temple coffers lying at their disposal. However, instead of restoring control to the Ahilyanagar district collector appointed as the Administrator by a September 22 state government notification, the top court replaced him with the divisional commissioner of Nasik division, till the new committee is formed under section 5 of the Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018. The court observed that the collector seems to be under the influence of the trustees who were handed back the possession of the temple and its properties within a day of the high court order giving no "breathing time" for the state to file an appeal. Issuing notice to the trust, the bench also comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, held, "The operation of the order of the high court is stayed and all orders passed by the district collector are also stayed." The court faced stiff opposition from the trust represented by advocates Pradnya Talekar and Pulkit Agarwal who questioned the state's takeover of the temple management by enforcing the 2018 Act. Talekar said that the state revenue minister was behind this move and the action is being timed ahead of the local body elections in the state which is already underway. The court allowed the trust to file its response in two weeks and posted the matter in the third week of January for further hearing....