JAYANT PATEL, J.

1. It may be recorded that when Civil Application No. 13407 of 2014 had initially come up on Board, the learned Counsel appearing for both the sides had agreed to make submission for final disposal of MCA No. 3154 of 2009. Hence, we have finally heard MCA No. 3154 of 2009 as well as CA No. 31407 of 2014.

A BRIEF HISTORY

2. In the early part of 19th Century, the great Saint Swami Sahajanandji had founded the Swaminarayan Sect and had established a number of temples in India, most of which are located in Gujarat and the nearby areas. For the purpose of administration of these temples, he had divided India into two parts and had styled those two parts as Northern Diocese or Vibhagh and Southern Diocese. A line was drawn joining Jamnagar in the West with Calcutta in the East and the Northern portion of this line was known as Northern Vibhagh and Southern portion was known as Southern Vibhagh. For Northern Vibhagh, Swaminarayan Temple at Ahmedabad was designated by him as the main Deity or God and for Southern Vibhagh, he had designated the main Swaminarayan Temple at Vadtal as Principal Seat. He had prepared treaties known as “Deshvibhag-no-lekh”, wherein he had l