After a failed try to open the Ratna Bhandar of the
Jagannath Temple at Puri in 2018, the Orissa Excessive Courtroom once more on
Tuesday took up a recent writ petition on this connection and issued discover to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) asking it to submit a report in an affidavit inside 4 weeks mentioning how lengthy the treasury of the Lords has not been opened and for what causes.
               A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar refused to entertain a minimum of three writ petitions on this connection however accepted the one filed by one Abhisek Das of Puri, who has sought judicial intervention for taking inventory of the property contained in the Ratna Bhandar, which has two chambers as storehouses of jewelry and treasured stones.
               The court docket fastened January 5, 2023 for the subsequent listening to.
               The petitioner’s lawyer Alok Mohapatra knowledgeable that in the course of the course of listening to of the matter, the amicus curie submitted a report back to the court docket stating that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is
finishing up crucial restore works of Jagamohan (meeting corridor) and
Nata Mandap (track and dance corridor) of the temple and the works can be over by March 31, 2023.

The report additionally talked about that the ASI is
at present eradicating sand from the Konark temple and a last report in
this connection can be submitted to the court docket as soon as the work is over.