{"id":12287,"date":"2011-07-20T17:02:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T11:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12287"},"modified":"2011-07-20T17:02:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T11:32:03","slug":"court-seeks-reply-on-ajmer-shrines-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-seeks-reply-on-ajmer-shrines-administration","title":{"rendered":"Court seeks reply on Ajmer shrine&#8217;s administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-seeks-reply-on-ajmer-shrines-administration\/hazrat-khawaja-moinuddin-chishti\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?fit=280%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"280,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?fit=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?fit=280%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12288\" title=\"Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?resize=280%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Hazrat-Khawaja-Moinuddin-Chishti.png?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the central government seeking an explanation on the appointment of a &#8216;nazim&#8217; (administrator) on an ad hoc basis for managing the affairs of the cash-rich shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said: &#8220;Issue notice to the respondents (the ministry of minority affairs and the dargah management committee) for Dec 9, seeking their response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The shrine, dedicated to the Sufi saint who came to Ajmer from Persia in 1192, attracts thousands of pilgrims throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>The court issued the notice while hearing a petition filed by Arshad Faridi, a journalist.&#8221;The ministry has, in a break from the past and working, in an arbitrary manner proposed that Abdul Majeed Khan be appointed as a temporary Nazim,&#8221; the petition said.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner, through his counsel Syed Ahmed Saud, said that the established procedures mentioned in the Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act for appointment of the &#8216;nazim&#8217; have been overlooked by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The petition also sought the quashing of a circular by which senior clerk Abdul Majeed Khan was delegated the role of &#8216;nazim&#8217; for the management and administration of the affairs of the shrine.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner sought the initiation of &#8220;proper procedure&#8221; for appointing a regular administrator for the shrine.Saud also sought a review of all decisions taken by the ad hoc &#8216;nazim&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the central government seeking an explanation on the appointment of a &#8216;nazim&#8217; (administrator) on an ad hoc basis for managing the affairs of the cash-rich shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer. 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