Office Memorandum No. 4294/2026/HD of the Home Department, Government of Odisha dated 14th June, 2026 on the management of a gurdwara [C18-B8T]

No. 4294/2026/HD

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

Home Department, Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, dated the 14th June, 2026

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The management of a gurdwara by committees of a gurdwara under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of Odisha on the manner in which the management of a gurdwara by committees of a gurdwara is to be regulated under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952.

2. The matter has been examined. Every committee of a gurdwara carrying on the management of a gurdwara shall make an application in Form H to the Government of Odisha within three hundred and sixty-five days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the management of a gurdwara is undertaken, and the Government of Odisha shall dispose of it within three hundred and sixty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Odisha.

(Secretary to Government)