Lucknow, July 28 -- The management committee of the Thakur Shree Banke Bihari Ji Maharaj temple in Mathura has moved the Supreme Court against a Uttar Pradesh Government ordinance that vests the control of the shrine's administration with the State. In a plea filed through advocate Tanvi Dubey, the temple management committee, comprising 350 members and "sewayat" Rajat Goswami, said the state's conduct is visibly mala fide as an issue concerning the use of temple funds to acquire five acres of land was already decided by the high court on November 8, 2023 and it has denied the state the permission to use the temple funds for acquiring the land.
The committee said the Uttar Pradesh government did not file appeals against the high court's No...