MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. 10194 of 2024 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. 2025:AHC:41260 Reserved on :10.01.2025 Delivered on :21.03.2025 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 10194 of 2024 Petitioner :- Govind Ram Pandey And Another Respondent :- Nutan Prakash And 15 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ravi Shanker Pathak,Siddharth Niranjan,Yadvendra Rai Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Ananya Pandey, Ashish Kumar Dubey, Durlabh Kumar Pandey,Badri Mani Tripathi,Rahul Sahai,Rakesh Kumar,Yadvendra Rai Pandey Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. 1. Holy city of Mathura is under grip of frivolous temple litigations. Most of them are for appointment of Receivers and controlling day to day functioning. 2. Present litigation hovers around famous Sri Thakur Baldeo Ji Maharaj Temple also known as Dauji Mandir. It is an old temple situated at Baldeo Mahawan, Mathura. History relates back to about 500 years, when it was built/established by one Parampujya Goswami Kalyan Devacharya Ji Maharaj. After his death, his successors managed the affairs of Temple and conducted seva, puja, archana etc. With passage of time, families of successors increased and by end of 1903, there were 145 families who were looking after the seva and puja. 3