JUDGMENT

Bennet, Ag. C.J.

1. This is an application by the manager of a temple which learned Counsel states is a public temple, and the application purports to be u/s 301, Succession Act. The application asks for the removal of the opposite party Samson Shalom, a Jew, residing in Cawnpore on the ground that he has committed embezzlement and should be removed from the executorship of a will. The will is stated to be dated 12th October 1912 by one Mt. Parbati Bai by which she endowed the public temple with a sum of money. Learned Counsel states that shortly after 1912, Mt. Parbati Bai died and the executors, of whom there were three, purchased certain Government promissory notes and it is alleged that the embezzlement has been committed in regard to this by selling the Government promissory notes and misappropriating the proceeds. Learned Counsel also states that a criminal complaint has been filed.

2. Now whatever the merits of the present petition may be, it is not a petition which in our opinion can be brought u/s 301, Succession Act. That section deals with the power of a High Court to suspend, remove or discharge any private executor or administrator. Now it may be that the will na