JUDGEMENT :- In this case the six plaintiffs, who described themselves as religious minded men and worshippers of the idol Devi Annapurna Ji installed in the temple in dispute situate on the western side of the tank known as Paniwali Dharamshala in the city of Jhansi, instituted a suit under S.14 of the Religious Endowments Act, 1863 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) with the allegations that it was a very ancient temple in which they had made various improvements, that the defendants who claimed to be the Managers of the deity did not care to do Seva Poojah or clean the space in front of the temple, that it was a public temple and the plaintiffs had got it constructed anew, that they had spent money on Utsavas, Bhog Parshad and other matters connected with the temple in suit, that the plaintiffs requested the defendants to enter all the offerings in the account books and spend the same on matters connected with Seva Poojah of the temple in question but they misappropriated the offerings and they also put obstacles to the worship of the deity by the public and performance of Utsavas. Hence, they were alleged to be guilty of misfeasance, breach of trust and negligence in the perf

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