JUDGMENT - A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.:---Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith by consent.

2. All these writ petitions are against the order passed by the Deputy Charity Commissioner, Pune Division, Pune rejecting the petitioner's application for being impleaded in the proceedings pending before him in respect of Shree Mahavirswami Digambar Jain Mandir Trust under section 22 of Bombay Public Trusts Act. The petitioner herein had preferred an application purported to be under section 73-A of the Bombay Public Trust Act praying for impleading him as opponent in the proceedings of the change report filed by the alleged trustees. The petitioner categorically stated in the said application that the petitioner was interested in the affairs of the Trust. The petitioner in para 2 of the application clearly asserted that the petitioner has already raised objection by filing Caveat to the alleged change report and the petitioner was shown as opponent in the change report No. 507 of 1998, 508 of 1998 and 509 of 1998 and that notices were also issued to the petitioner inviting his objection. Besides this, it is also mentioned in the application that the petitioner has given donations to the temple and

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