Justice HS Bhalla (retd) was on Tuesday appointed commissioner, gurdwara elections, underneath the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Act.

Also learn: Haryana sets up 38-member ad hoc committee to manage its gurdwaras

The growth comes per week after Karamjit Singh, chief of the Yamunanagar-based Sewapanthi sect, was elected president of the ad-hoc panel of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) until the committee elections are held in 18 months.

On December 2, the Haryana authorities had constituted a 38-member advert hoc committee to handle, supervise and take over all belongings of gurdwaras within the state, together with movable and immovable properties.

In September, the Supreme Court had upheld the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Act, paving the way in which for the HSGMC to manage all gurdwaras within the state.

Since former president Jagdish Singh Jhinda had already resigned as a member of the committee, alleging interference of the federal government within the spiritual issues of the Sikh group, now the HSGMC has 37 members. According to the HSGMC Act, there needs to be 41 members within the committee.

Ad-hoc panel constituted

Last week, outgoing president Baljit Singh Daduwal opposed Karamjit’s election alleging that correct process was not adopted.

However, Kurukshetra deputy commissioner Shantanu Sharma, who was the returning officer for the election, stated Karamjit Singh had been elected president unanimously, whereas Gurwinder Singh Dhamija, deputy chairman of Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Akademi, had been appointed basic secretary, Bhupinder Singh senior vice- president, Baba Gurmit Singh junior vice-president and Mohanjit Singh joint secretary.

Bibi Ravinder Kaur Ajrana, Jaswant Singh, Gurbaksh Singh, Ramneek Singh, Jagsir Singh and Viner Singh- had been elected because the working committee members of the 37-member committee.

Daduwal, Nalvi dissatisfied

Daduwal was elected because the president of the HSGMC (ad-hoc) on August 13, 2020, defeating Jagbir Singh Khalsa by a slender margin of two votes. Daduwal stated the assembly was known as underneath the monitoring of the deputy commissioner and shortly after the proceedings of the election started after submitting of the nomination papers, Gurwinder Singh Dhamija, who can also be thought-about as a detailed affiliate of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar proposed the title of Karamjit for the president, saying that these are the instructions of the chief minister.

“I opposed this proposal as I don’t find Karamjit suitable for this position. They wanted to appoint me as Sarprast (Chief Patron) of this committee but I refused as the Guru Granth Sahib is the supreme patron of this committee and nobody can take this place,” he stated.

He stated that Karamjit didn’t have any function within the formation of the separate Sikh physique for gurdwaras in Haryana.

Daduwal stated that he’ll proceed as a member of this committee and search authorized and sangat’s (group’s) opinion on this growth.

Former senior vice-president Didar Singh Nalvi, one other member of the committee, additionally expressed his dissatisfaction over the election of Bhupinder Singh as senior vice-president, claiming that correct process was not adopted as some members had proposed his title for this place.