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JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court in an interim order, vacated the stay on the dream project of Baba Ramdev at Karauli district in Rajasthan. The lease was for 20 years.The court had given stay order on a petition by Ram Kumar Singh, who challenged the agreement between Govind Devji Mandir Trust and Bharat Swabhiman Trust of Baba Ramdev. The Bharat Swabhiman Trust of Baba Ramdev and the Govind Devji Trust had entered into an agreement on August 11, 2016 for giving 401 bighas of land of the Govind Devji Trust on lease to the trust of Baba Ramdev, for the setting up of a Yogpeeth, Gurukul, Ayurveda Hospital, Ayurveda pharma unit and a gaushala, at a cost of Rs500 crore. The court on Wednesday gave the relief, on grounds that the petitioner had no locus standi to the petition.The single bench of the high court had said, “No possession, construction and lease agreement will be executed in the controversial land,” directing the Devasthan commissioner to ensure the compliance of the order.The temple trust has 729 bighas of agriculture land at Karauli. However, many legal hurdles cropped up on the execution of the project as the land in question is agricultural land and without changing the land use, the project could not be launched.Besides the land is divided into 50 different khasra numbers under Sri Govind Dev Ji Mandir’s name according to revenue records, and as per the provisions of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, a temple land belongs to the idol of the temple, said the petitioner..