KOTVAL C. J.- The judgment in this appeal shall also govern the disposal of Letters Patent Appeals Nos. 54 and 89 of 1964, Application No. 1379 of 1964, Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 51 of 1964 and Civil Revision Application No. 1902 of 1964. All these matters relate to a public temple known as Shri Laxminarayan Bhagwan Mandir, which is a public trust. The origin and history of this trust and its properties is not very clear from the record of the proceedings before us and appears to have been lost in antiquity, but such facts as we have been able to ascertain and which are relevant for the purposes of the matters before us are briefly as follows:

2. The site on which the temple stands in Sholapur town was purchased by one Ramnarain Kashinath Singh on August 5, 1890. The temple was then built on it and the idol of God Laxminarayan installed. On January 29, 1912, an Utsava was arranged for worship of the idol and at that time the person who arranged it was the priest Rangachari Ramanujachari. The temple followed the Ramanuja Sampradaya and in that persuasion it appears that there are two sects, the Tingal sect and the Badgal sect. Shri Rangachari belonged to the Tinga