Judgment

PHATAK, J.:- These appeals, on certificate granted by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, are directed against the judgment and order dated August 9, 1966 passed by the High Court in its appellate jurisdiction against orders and directions issued by a learned single Judge of the High Court. on a petition filed by the Official Trustee of Maharashtra in regard to the properties of the former Sir Currinmbhoy Ebrahim Baronetcy Trust.

2. On July 20, 1911, His Majesty King George V issued Letters Patent conferring the "dignity, state and degree" of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim of Bombay and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten. In order to provide for the upkeep and dignity of the Baronetcy, the then Governor General of India in Council enacted the Sir Currimbhpoy Ebrahim Baronetcy Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to simple as "the Baronetcy Act") by virtue of which considerable properties belonging to Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim were settled upon the trusts and for the purposes, declared in the Act. The trust was created by statute at the instance of Sir Currimbphoy Ebrahim. The Trustees, who inclu