Governor Reserves Bill for Prez Consideration

Bill seeks to take over the management and control of the society in light of two-decade-long litigations between its members

- Hitender Rao

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya has reserved the bill passed by the state assembly to take over the management and control of deceased Yoga Guru Dhirendra Brahmchari's Aparna Ashram Society in Gurugram for the consideration of the President.

This means that the bill passed by the state assembly on March 28 would need the assent of the President in terms of Article 201 of the Constitution to become a law.

This also means that the state government will have to wait longer to wrest control of the movable and immovable assets of the society. The state government had, during the budget session of the assembly, introduced the Bill to take over the management and control of the society in view of the two-decade-long litigations between members of the Society. The impending government takeover, which stands deferred now, would have also meant that a high-valued and contentious piece of about 24 acres in Gurugram's Silokhra village (Sector 30) come under government's control. The tract was at the center of a controversy after it was sold at throwaway prices to private companies in December 2020 by the purported authorized representatives of the Society.