Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 26: In a petition filed by Baridars claiming administration, management and governance of Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine and its endowments, High Court has issued notice to the UT of J&K and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shrine Board.
The petition has been filed by Baridar Sangharsh Committee through its President Sham Singh and 54 other petitioners through Advocate Ankur Sharma. They have challenged the constitutional validity of the Jammu & Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Act, 1988, which took away the control of shrine from the hands of Baridars and vested it in the hands of the Government.
Apart from this, they have also sought a complete handover of the management, administration and governance of shrine and its endowments and all other properties to the Baridars in true letter and spirit of Article 26 of the Constitution of India.
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