Overview
- A three-member selection panel led by retired Justice Pramod Kohli handed a sealed list of three shortlisted candidates to the trustees on Tuesday for the temple's first full-time CEO.
- Trustees will meet Wednesday to decide the CEO, consider the trust deed's first amendment, and take up other agenda items including audited accounts and new administrative posts.
- The CEO role has been defined to report to the general secretary and to carry statutory, administrative, and financial responsibility to build systems and procedures for long-term management.
- A state Special Investigation Team found “gross lapses” in how offerings were handled, named Ram Shankar Yadav as an alleged mastermind, and supported arrests of eight men while exonerating some senior trustees.
- Trust plans include creating a permanent security coordination committee, announcing the first secretary and possible new trustees, and addressing questions about bank controls and audited FY2025-26 accounts.