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1985 Supreme(Guj) 92

Gujarat High Court
Judgename :J.P.DESAI
AMRUTLAL KESHAVBHAI PATEL - Appellant
Versus
ISMAIL IBRAHIM BADAT - Respondent
First Appeal 301 of 1985
Decided On : 07/03/1985

Advocates Appeared: DHIRENDRA MEHTA, P.R.THAKKAR, S.H.SANJANWALA

Headnote:

Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 - Sections 41, 72, 11, 40, 50 and 70 – Harassment - Interim injunction - He filled in prescribed for getting trust registered as a Public Trust - Inquiry was held by Assistant Charity Commissioner respondent raised objections during said inquiry - He opposed registration of trust as a public trust - He contended that Dargah was situate for years upon waste land and on account of construction of National Highway he had shifted Dargah from original spot - He contended that he was owner of this Dargah and with a view to harass him Trust was created - He contended that of this Dargah was performed by his ancestors in past and that he was then performing and doing all religious ceremonies and was managing affairs of Dargah which was a private one - He contended that it was not a public trust - He thus opposed registration of this Dargah as a public trust - Held, When fresh inquiry is directed - Then contesting parties should have a right to take part in fresh inquiry and also produce whatever evidence or material they want to during inquiry over and material which may be gathered by learned Assistant Charity Commissioner during fresh inquiry - Learned Assistant Charity Commissioner who holds fresh inquiry should bear this in mind and give an opportunity even to parties who were contesting before learned Joint Charity Commissioner in appeal and complete inquiry - I may mention here that in final order passed by learned Joint Charity Commissioner he has not given any direction restricting right of contesting parties to appear in fresh inquiry - But anyway parties who were contesting in appeal before learned Joint Charity Commissioner will also be entitled to take part in fresh inquiry and also adduce whatever evidence they want to during said inquiry - Appeal dismissed

J. P. DESAI, J.

( 1 ) THE facts leading to the filing of this First Appeal may be briefly stated as follows: "amrutlal Keshavlal Patel the appellant in this appeal executed a trust deed on 26-11-1979 in respect of land bearing Survey No. 1/1 Block No. 2 admeasuring 14 acres-6 gunthas at Village Boriach Taluka Navsari. One Dargah of Gebansha Pir is situated in the eastern part of this land nearby the Highway. Hindus as well as Muslims of village Boriach and surrounding villages have faith in the said Dargah and many people visit the Dargah every year and a fair is also held every year. It was necessary to make repairs to the said Dargah and therefore the appellant Amrutlal dedicated 5 gunthas out of the aforesaid land of his ownership for the purpose of the said Dargah and created a trust by executing the deed on 26-11-1979. He filled in the prescribed form on 12-12-1979 for getting the trust registered as a Public Trust. Inquiry was held by the Assistant Charity Commissioner. The respondent Ismail Ibrahim Badat raised objections during the said inquiry. He opposed the registration of the trust as a public trust. He contended that the Dargah was situate for the last 400 to 500 years upon waste land and on account of the construction of the National Highway he had shifted the Dargah from the original spot. He contended that he was the owner of this Dargah and with a view to harass him the Trust was created by Amrutlal. He contended that Mujavarship of this Dargah was performed by his ancestors in the past and that he was then performing Mujavarship and doing all religious ceremonies and was managing the affairs of the Dargah which was a private one. He contended that it was not a public trust. He thus opposed the registration of this Dargah as a public trust. The learned Assistant Charity Commissioner after holding necessary inquiry held that the Dargah in question was a public trust and Amrutlal Keshavbhai Patel and two other persons were the trustees. He held that Ismail lbrahim Badat was not the Mujavar. Being dissatisfied with the same Ismail lbrahim Badat filed an appeal being Appeal No. 30 of 1980 before the Joint Charity Commissioner Baroda Division at Baroda. The learned Joint Charity Commissioner held that though it was established that Amrutlal had created a trust he was not in a position to show what concern he had with the Dargah which authorised him to create a trust in respect of the said Dargah. While on the other hand Ismail Ibrahim Badat was claiming that the Dargah was his exclusive and private property and he was Mujavar of the said Dargah but according to the Joint Charity Commissioner he was not in a position to establish his rights. The learned Joint Charity Commissioner thought it proper to direct further inquiry by the Assistant Charity Commissioner and to decide certain questions elaborated by him in his judgment for arriving at the finding on the statutory question of the existence of a public trust and its trusteeship and objects thereof and hence he remanded the matter for fresh inquiry to the Assistant Charity Commissioner as observed by him at para 12 of his order. The learned Joint Charity Commissioner for the reasons stated by him in para 15 of his judgment also directed Ismail Ibrahim Badat to handover possession of the Dargah to Amrutlal and also directed Amrutlal to submit monthly accounts of income and expenditure to the Assistant Charity Commissioner at Surat. Ismail Ibrahim Badat being dissatisfied with the order passed by the Joint Charity Commissioner directing further inquiry and directing possession to be handed over to Amrutlal filed an application being Misc. Civil (Trust) Application No. 49 of 1983 under sec. 72 of the Act in the District Court. Amrutlal filed cross-objections in the said application contending that the order regarding possession was quite proper but the order regarding fresh inquiry was not proper and that the learned Joint Charity Commissioner should have confirmed t









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