T. S. MISRA, J.:- This appeal is directed against an order passed by the Civil Judge Faizabad appointing a receiver of certain properties situated in Ayodhya, district Faizabad. The appeal was filed in this Court at Allahabad. It was urged before the Division Bench hearing the appeal that the appeal was not maintainable in view of the Supreme Court decision in Civil Appeal No. 1940-41 of 1972 (Nasiruddin v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal), (AIR 1976 SC 331) inasmuch as the district of Faizabad lies within the jurisdiction of the Lucknow Bench of this Court. The Division Bench, being of the view that the question involved was of considerable importance, desired that the matter be laid before a Full Bench for an authoritative pronouncement on it. That is how the matter has come up before this Full Bench.

2. Notices were accordingly issued to the parties concerned as well as the Presidents of Allahabad High Court Bar Association and Avadh Bar Association, and to the Advocate-General who have intervened in this appeal and made their submissions.

3. It is a matter of history that the territory comprising of twelve districts i.e., Lucknow, Faizabad, Sultanpur, Rae Bareli, Prat