Govinda Menon, J.-This is an appeal by Sri Narayana Dossju Varu, the present Mahant of Sri Hathiramji Mutt, Tirupati, one of the most well-known mutts of South India, against the order of the learned District Judge of Chittoor appointing a Receiver for the purpose of taking possession and managing the properties as well as the assets belonging to the mutt pending disposal of O.S. No.1 of 1950. The plaintiff was recognised as the Mahant for a concordat as it were to use the language of the learned counsel for the respondent, on 15th January 1948. But pending such recognition, the Endowments Board had appointed one Mr. Bhujanga Rao to be in possession of the properties, after the death of the previous Mahant, which took place on 5th October, 1947. When once the appellant was recognised and installed as the Mahant, the interim trustee appointed by the Board handed over possession of the properties to the Mahant along with cash to the tune of more than Rs.1,70,000 and the jewels belonging to the Mutt. It is not necessary for us to specifically describe the proceedings which took’ place between the date of handing over of the assets to the appellant and the time when a scheme was framed

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