<p>The Income Tax department has sent a notice to the Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple management, asking it to pay Rs 1,38,20,160 as tax for a financial transaction happened in the past.</p>.<p>The management committee, now the oversight committee led by former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna, in a meeting on Monday resolved to appoint auditors to look into financial transactions of the temple management since 2008.</p>.<p>Based on the auditors’ report, the committee will determine the next course of action, assistant commissioner of Kumta Kalyani Kamble, also the secretary of the oversight committee, told DH.</p>.<p>In 2015-16, Ramachandrapur Mutt used to run the affairs of Gokarna temple. During the said period, lapses were found in a financial transaction. The Supreme Court, on April 19, 2021, handed over the management of the temple to an oversight committee headed by Justice B N Srikrishna.</p>.<p>The I-T department has sent a demand notice of Rs 1.38 crore for the said financial discrepancy. The current management will have to pay the I-T department Rs 27.65 lakh on immediate basis, if it is to proceed any further in the matter.</p>
<p>The Income Tax department has sent a notice to the Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple management, asking it to pay Rs 1,38,20,160 as tax for a financial transaction happened in the past.</p>.<p>The management committee, now the oversight committee led by former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna, in a meeting on Monday resolved to appoint auditors to look into financial transactions of the temple management since 2008.</p>.<p>Based on the auditors’ report, the committee will determine the next course of action, assistant commissioner of Kumta Kalyani Kamble, also the secretary of the oversight committee, told DH.</p>.<p>In 2015-16, Ramachandrapur Mutt used to run the affairs of Gokarna temple. During the said period, lapses were found in a financial transaction. The Supreme Court, on April 19, 2021, handed over the management of the temple to an oversight committee headed by Justice B N Srikrishna.</p>.<p>The I-T department has sent a demand notice of Rs 1.38 crore for the said financial discrepancy. The current management will have to pay the I-T department Rs 27.65 lakh on immediate basis, if it is to proceed any further in the matter.</p>