JUDGMENT :

ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH, J.

Heard Ms. Mahasweta Chatterjee, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Ganpati Trivedi, learned senior counsel for the Bihar State Board of Religious Trust (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Board’) and perused the writ petition as well as the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent nos. 2 and 3.

2. In the present application, the petitioner has assailed the show cause notices issued by respondent no.2 dated 16.09.2019 and 24.09.2019 by which the petitioner has been directed to appear before the Board and produce the relevant documents with regard to the trust (Raipur Math) in question. Subsequently, by filing an interlocutory application, the petitioner has also challenged the entire proceedings pending before the Board in respect of the aforesaid trust.

3. Ms. Mahasweta Chatterjee, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that Raipur Math is situated in Raipur village of District-Samastipur. It is a very old Math. The petitioner is chela of Mahanth Baliram Das, who was the chela of Narayan Das and the Guru of Narayan Das was Awadh Bihari Das who was the chela of Mahanth Raghunandan Das. The management in question was always done of Mahant