JUDGMENT - Desai, J.

1. The plaintiffs seek directions of this Court, which they say are necessary for the administration of a public charitable trust, known as "Narayanwadi Temple Trust". They have obtained sanction of the Advocate General under Section 92, Civil P. C. 10 institute this suit.

2. There is in Bombay what is known as "Narayanwadi Temple" wherein are installed, deities of Shri Ramanuj and Shri BalaJi, worshipped by Hindu Vaishnavs who in this particular case are mostly Cutchi Lohanas of the Ramanuj sect. It appears that the temple and valuable properties belonging to it were being managed by one Ramanuj Acharya, who was officiating as an acharya or guru in 1929, when the Advocate General of Bombay filed a suit being suit No. 654 of 1929 against him for a declaration that the properties belonging and appertaining to the said temple at Narayanwadi were held by him as a trustee of a public charitable and religious trust. An account of the management of the trust properties by the said Ramanuj Acharya was also claimed in that suit. It was also prayed that a scheme should be framed for the proper administration of the said trust. Other incidental reliefs were also asked fo

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