The Haryana Cabinet accorded approval to bring an ordinance to set up an ad hoc committee till the are held for a panel to manage affairs of gurdwaras in the state.
The Supreme Court had recently
upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014 under which there is a provision for a 41-member ad hoc panel to look after affairs of gurdwaras till a committee is constituted for it through elections. The committee has to be nominated by the government.The Haryana Cabinet gave the approval to bring The Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Amendment Ordinance-2022, said an official statement. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said earlier the elections to constitute a committee could not be held as the case was being heard in the Supreme Court.The 18-month term of the earlier formulated ad hoc panel had lapsed, he said.