Mutation No. 915 attested on 27th of August 1991, pursuant to the order of Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, appointing Bawa Seva Nanad Giri as Mohatamim Mandir Mahavirji Maharaj situated at Thandhar Tehsil Chenani constructed over land comprised in Survey No. 881, has generated a dispute between the petitioner and the respondents who are residents of village Thandhar Tehsil Chenani.

2. There is no dispute between the parties that the Temple was constructed in late sixties. They, however, dispute as to who had constructed it. The petitioner, Sadhu, claims it to have been constructed by him with the financial assistance provided to him by Chenani Hydel Power Project. The respondents, however, say that the Temple had been constructed by the villagers.

3. The records on the file, however, demonstrate that the land on which the Temple had been constructed and the other land appertenant thereto and in possession of the Temple, is owned neither by the petitioner nor by the villagers. It, on the other hand, vests in the State and is recorded as State-land.

4. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, on the request of Bawa Seva Nand Giri, the writ petitioner, and on the recommendation of Tehsildar Chenani

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