HARBANS LAL, J.

1. The sole question which calls for consideration by the Full Bench in the present appeal is the scope and ambit of S.87(1)(a) and (b) of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (hereinafter called the Act), which is reproduced below :

"87(1) Every Committee shall consist of five members out of which one at least shall be a person belonging to the scheduled castes and shall be constituted as follows :-

(a) The Board shall nominate the members, with their written consent, of the committee of the Gurdwara or Gurdivaras, hose gross annual income does not exceed three thousand rupee, who shall be residents of the district in which the Gurdwara or one of the Gurdwaras to be managed by the Committee is situated :

Provided that the Board may, if it so decides, instead of nominating the members, manage the affairs of any such Gurdwara itself in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

(b) The Committee of Gurdwara or Gurdwaras, whose annual monetary income exceeds Rupees 3,000 shall consist of four elected members and one member nominated by the Board who shall be resident of the district in which the Gurdwara or one of the Gurdwaras to be managed by the Committee is situat