The High Court of Uttarakhand in Nainital has ordered a stay on the formation of a new executive of the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC). The high court has further directed the state government to file its reply by April 11 in this matter.
According to the case details, BKTC members Dinkar Babulkar and Diwakar Chamoli had filed a petition in the high court stating that the present state government had, through a notification on April 1 this year, dissolved the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee had appointed secretary in charge of religious affairs, Shailesh Bagauli as the administrator of the committee. The petitioners had stated in their appeal that the tenure of the committee is three years, adding that the committee is a fully religious body. There was no type of complaint against the committee but the present state government dissolved the temple committee due to political reasons, the petitioners contended. The high court single bench comprising justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, after hearing the case, ordered a stay on the new executive of the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee.