Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 9: Sub-Registrar Jammu Shabnam Sheikh today kept in abeyance the operation of re-registration certificate of Sarv Shakti Sewak Sansthan.
The order has been passed in a suit filed by devotees of Machail Mata Shrine through Raj Kumar Gupta for declaring the re-registration certificate of Sarv Shakti Sewak Sansthan, Kishtwar bearing No. 669-CSA of 2024 dated 21/06/2024 registered by the Registrar of Societies/Firms, Jammu as null void.
It was submitted before the Sub-Registrar that management of the shrine used to be run by the Sanstha but unfortunately due to discrepancies in the financial assets by the then management several FIRs were lodged against the members of the Sanstha and thereafter PIL was filed before the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.
The High Court, while adjudicating the PIL, directed the Government to entrust the entire management of the Machail Mata Shrine to one of the existing Shrine Board in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Thereafter, the judgment was challenged before the Supreme Court and the same is still pending adjudication.
“The defendant has fraudulently and against the decision of the High Court approached the Registrar of Societies Jammu for re-registration of Sarv Shakti Sewak Sansthan and by concealment of facts, the defendant has obtained the re-registration certificate”, it was further submitted.
After hearing Advocate Ankur Sharma with Advocate Pankaj Sharma for the plantiff, Sub-Registrar Jammu Shabnam Sheikh observed, “it appears that plaintiffs have been able to make out a prima facie case in their favour and balance of convenience also tilts in their favour. In case, the temporary injunction, as prayed for, is not granted in that eventuality, the plaintiffs are likely to suffer irreparable loss which will not be compensated by any means”.
“Subject to objections from other side, the operation of re-registration certificate be kept in abeyance, till the next date of hearing. The plaintiffs are directed to send or deliver to the defendant, the copy of the plaintiff application including the affidavit. However, this order shall be subject to objections from other sides, defendants shall be at liberty to approach this court for alteration or modification of this order”, read the order.
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