The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1949
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF H O ME AFFAIRS,
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 14th January 1949
No. 55/12/48-Public—The Government of India have found that the ad- ministration of the Durgah Khawaja Sahib, Ajmer,—one of the holiest Muslim Shrine in India—and its temporal affairs have since a long time been seriously affected by factions and departure of majority of members of the Committee of Management after the partition of India have nearly brought about a dead- lock. It has therefore been decided that the entire position should be reviewed BO that the interests of the devotees of the Shrine as well as the property attached to it should be looked after in a manner befitting the position that the Durgah occupies. In pursuance of this object, the Government of India are pleased to appoint a Committee with the following terms of reference, namely:—
(a) To enquire into and report on the administration of the Durgah Endowment by the Durgah Committee since its constitution under the Acts XXIII of 1986 and XII of 1988;
(b) To examine the spiritual and temporal relationships between the Durgah Committee, the Dewan or the Sajjadanashin and the Mutawali, and to recommend such measures concerning the terms of grant of the Jagirs and the distribution of perquisites of office as may appear necessary to ensure harmonious working; and (c) To recommend such measures as appear necessary to secure, by efficient management of the Durgah Endowment, the conserva- tion of the Shrine in the interest of the devotees as a whole.
2. The Constitution of the Committee is as under:—
Chairman
Mr. Justice Ghulam Hasan, Judge of the Allahabad High Court.
Members
Mr. Mohd. Yamin Khan of Meerut.
38 T EE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXiBAOBDINABY, JANUARY 14, 104,93. The Committee will be holding its preliminary meeting very shortly to decide (i) the details of procedure for the meetings, (ii) the places to be visited and (iii) the mannor of recording ovidence for the purpose of enquiry. The decisions arrived at will be announced in a Press Communique,
ORDBEHD that the above Besolution shall be published in the Gazette of India, for information.
U. K. GHOSHAL, Dy. Secy.