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Court notices to Delhi Govt., police

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Delhi Government and the Delhi Police on an appeal by the “mahant” of Kalkaji Temple in South Delhi against an order to lodge an FIR against him and investigate his alleged role in the sale of a piece of temple land illegally.

A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice M. K. Sharma and Justice Reva Khetrapal directed the respondents to file replies by March 3.

In the appeal, the “mahant” submitted that the order by Justice S. K. Kaul of the Court directing the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police to register a case against him was erroneous as the Judge had made no finding.

Mr. Justice Kaul had also imposed a fine of Rs.1.5 lakh on the “mahant” for wasting the time of the Court by filing a suit for recovery of property.

The EOW would register a case against the “mahant” and four of his relatives to whom he sold the property and take action in keeping with the law after a probe, the Court had ordered.

The Centre had transferred the land in question to the Delhi Development Authority in 1983, but the “mahant” had allegedly sold it fraudulently to his four relatives in 1999.

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