2. Plaint case:- According to the Plaint, Mahant Tahal Dass was Chela of Mahant Shobha Dass. He was Udasin of Panth of Revered Shri Chand, the eldest son of Revered Guru Nanak Dev Ji. In said Panth, there is a custom that Mahant cannot marry and he is entitled to initiate (make a relationship with) a Chela. And after death of such Mahant, his eldest Chela succeeds to all the rights and interests in the property of his Guru. It is also a custom of the above Panth that on the tenth day of death of Guru, there is a ceremony call dassehra when Akhand Path of Guru Granth Sahab is performed and Bhog is offered and the eldest Chela of the deceased Guru is acknowledged as heir of the deceased where after he is known as Mahant. Mahant Tahal Dass initiated Plaintiff- Dooj Dass, as his eld est Chela on Purnima day of Asar Sambat 1994 (i. e. 23rd July, 1937) at the Dera of Bhitiwala, Tehsil- Muktasar, District Firozpur, according to the cus tom in the presence of respectable per sons and Choti (Tuft) of the Plaintiff was cut by Mahant Tahal Dass, and sacred Mantra was whispered into the Plaintiffs ears and Plaintiff took Charan Marai, i. e. water by which the foot of Guru is washed, which is a

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