<p>Culture Minister Khagendra Prasain, also the chairman of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) that runs the affairs of the shrine, through a letter to member secretary of<br />the Trust had notified that the temple's executive committee has been dissolved on charges of misuse of the fund.<br /><br />Judge Prakash Osti declared void Prasain's decision to sack all seven officials of the Trust.<br /><br />The office bearers of the PADT yesterday came back to the office after the apex court reversed the decision made by Minister for Culture to sack them, said Sushil K Nahata,<br />member secretary of PADT.<br /><br />"The court has dismissed the corruption charges labelled against us by the minister," he said.<br /><br />"The minister has no authority to sack the office bearers of the trust, who are appointed for the term of four years," he pointed out.</p>
<p>Culture Minister Khagendra Prasain, also the chairman of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) that runs the affairs of the shrine, through a letter to member secretary of<br />the Trust had notified that the temple's executive committee has been dissolved on charges of misuse of the fund.<br /><br />Judge Prakash Osti declared void Prasain's decision to sack all seven officials of the Trust.<br /><br />The office bearers of the PADT yesterday came back to the office after the apex court reversed the decision made by Minister for Culture to sack them, said Sushil K Nahata,<br />member secretary of PADT.<br /><br />"The court has dismissed the corruption charges labelled against us by the minister," he said.<br /><br />"The minister has no authority to sack the office bearers of the trust, who are appointed for the term of four years," he pointed out.</p>