Overview

• The high-powered committee led by Justice (retd.) Ashok Kumar banned VIP passes and set new darshan timings, authorising the Mathura SSP to enforce designated entry and exit gates within three days.
• The long-locked toshkhana beneath the sanctum will be opened after 54 years with full videography and an inventory overseen by a supervisory group including the auditor, a civil judge, the Vrindavan circle officer and a Goswami representative.
• A special audit of movable and immovable assets for 2013–16 has been ordered with findings due in 15 days, alongside steps to improve financial record-keeping.
• A structural audit by IIT Roorkee has been proposed and the committee pressed for a professional security agency, with directions to act against personnel found away from assigned posts.
• The Supreme Court constituted the interim management in August while keeping the Uttar Pradesh temple-trust ordinance on hold pending judicial review.