With pressure mounting from the devotees and various other quarters, the government has started exercise to find ways to rein the Sathya Sai Central Trust. The government has already withdrawn certain tax exemptions given to the trust in the past.

Sources said the government is also weighing options of taking over the trust, but that would be as a last resort. Otherwise, it might even consider canceling the exemption granted to the trust under Section 154 of the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997, which would enable the government to have direct supervision over the trust affairs. Speaking to media, N Raghuveera Reddy said, "The need of the hour is to see that the sentiments of the devotees doesn't get affected. We will take all sorts of measures to ensure that everything goes on in a transperant manner in the trust in future."