The Nirmohi Akhara has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the central government to reconstitute the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Theerth Kshetra Trust as a “public trust”.
The application has been filed in the apex court through Mahant Raja Ramchandracharya Ateet Guru Raghunath Das, PTI reported.
In its application, the Nirmohi Akhara has asked for directions declaring that the existing structure and composition of the trust as a “private trust” was inconsistent with the spirit and intent of the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case.
It has been filed in the disposed of matter in which the top court on November 9, 2019 gave a landmark verdict paving the way for the construction of the Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. Also, it directed the government to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.
As per PTI report, the Nirmohi Akhara has sought a direction to the Centre “to suitably recast the scheme and reconstitute the trust as a public trust and include therein structural safeguards for appropriate oversight of the decisions of the board of trustees by the seers of Ramanandi Bairagi Sampradaya with supervisory powers over the decisions of the board”.
Firther, it has asked to lay down the guiding principles for the appointment of trustees by the Centre.
“Direct that all rituals, sewa, bhog, puja and religious ceremonies in the Ram temple be conducted strictly according to the Ramanandi Sampradaya and the long-established customs and usages historically followed by the Nirmohi Akhara before the acquisition of the disputed site,” it added.
Moreover, the application seeks direction to restore “the original deities of Shri Ram Lalla Virajman attached on January 5, 1950, and February 16, 1982, to the sanctum sanctorum, holding that the Trust had no authority in law to substitute or replace the original idols or in the alternative to restore the said deities to the applicant who can ensure that they are duly cared for appropriately”.