Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Facing contempt proceedings and the prospect of the principal secretary being summoned before Bombay high court, state govt has finally restored the management board of the Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib Gurdwara in Nanded , nearly a year after the court ordered it to do so.
The restoration follows a contempt petition filed in February over the state’s failure to implement the Aurangabad bench’s Oct 6, 2025 order, which had quashed the June 29, 2022, notification dissolving the elected board and appointing an administrator. On Oct 14, a division bench of Justice Sandipkumar More and Justice Vaishali Patil-Jadhav took a strong view of the delay after being informed that the order had still not been complied with. 2, principal secretary, to comply with the order anyhow within two weeks, otherwise he shall remain present before this court,” the bench had said while posting the matter to Oct 28. The dispute dates back to June 2022, when the then Maha Vikas Aghadi govt superseded and dissolved the board under section 53 of the Nanded Sikh Gurdwara Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib Act, 1956, alleging misuse of powers and failure to discharge statutory duties. The Aurangabad bench, on Oct 6, 2025, set aside govt’s decision and directed it to restore the board to the position it held immediately before June 29, 2022. Acting on that order, govt has now reinstated the board constituted on March 8, 2019, under the provisions of the 1956 Act.
A notification signed by deputy secretary Bhagwan Sawant states that the board is being restored to its original position. Stay updated with the latest Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar news. Taking the submission on record, the court disposed of the matter. “Considering so many adjournments for compliance with the order, we direct respondent No. An administrator was subsequently appointed and continued through extensions. Challenging the move, the superseded board approached the high court. With the notification, the administrator’s rule has ended and the restored board has regained its powers and authority. The petitioner board was represented by senior counsel Rajendra Deshmukh and advocates Devang Deshmukh, Kunal Kale and Vishal Chavan. Download the TOI App.
The development was recorded on Wednesday when chief govt pleader Amarjeet Singh Girase informed a division bench that the revenue and forest departments had issued the notification restoring the board and published it in Maharashtra govt’s official gazette.