JUDGMENT:- The appellants/plaintiffs have filed this revision against the order passed by Additional District Judge, Washim on application under Section 4 of the Places of Worship Act filed by the respondent.

2. The facts giving rise to this revision are as follows:

There is a temple at village Shirpur in Washim Taluka of Akola District, in which an idol of God Shri. Antariksha Parshwanath 23rd Jain Tirthankar is installed. It is said that the said temple and the idol is in existence since time immemorial. It was noticed by the devotees of God Antariksha Parshwanath that Polkars were usurping the management of the temple. As a result of this the devotees belonging to Digambari and Shwetambarisect came together in the year 1901 to oust the Polkars.

In the year 1905 a meeting of the two sects held and it was decided that both the sects shall worship the idol of God Antariksha Parshwanath according to the time table as settled between them. This arrangement continued until 1908. It was decided in the year 1908 by both the sects together that a new plaster (Lep) should be applied to the idol and they accordingly authorised one Kalyanchand Lalchand Yewalkar a Shwetambai devotee to undertak

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