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2021 Supreme(All) 1543

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Saral Srivastava, J.
Babu Lal and Others – Appellants
Versus
Ravi Narayan and Others – Respondents
Civil Revision No. 4 of 2021
Decided On : 26-08-2021

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Ram Kishore Pandey, Himanshu Raghav Pandey.

Headnote:

Constitution of India,1950 - Article 136 - Civil Procedure Code,1908 - Section 92 - Decree to remove the applicants from the trustee - Account of trust and to return money of trust - Trust deed - Respondents-plaintiffs instituted a suit under Section 92 of CPC praying for a decree to remove applicants from trustee and applicant no. 1 be directed to submit account of trust and to return money of trust which is in hands of applicant no. 1. Further relief prayed was that a trustee be appointed in the trust to manage property and temple as per trust deed - Case is that owner of a one-story house, shops adjacent executed a trust deed - Properties owned were dedicated by trust deed and proceeds of said property are to be used for maintenance temple - Trust is a public charitable trust - Allegation in the plaint is that trust owns a big market consisting of small shops over the house owned by the trust which has been let out on rent - income of the trust is being used by applicant no. 1 for his personal use. It is further stated that a part of shops owned by the trust has been let out to Union Bank of India at the rate month and rent paid by bank is also used by applicant no. 1 for his personal use - Respondents claim that they belong to the family of the applicants and used to visit the temple and as such, they have an interest in the temple of trust – Held, Trust was a private trust as certain properties of trust were partitioned between certain individuals Court has concluded that had it been a public trust, there would not have been any question of partition of the property of trust between private individuals - Dispute in the instant case is not concerning dispute among the trustee falling within ambit of truest deed rather moot question in instant case is about management of trust since as per allegation in plaint, trust is being mismanaged by the applicant - Even if for sake of argument, contention of learned counsel for applicant is accepted, stipulation in trust deed that any dispute be referred to the Panch will not override statutory provision since Section 92 has been incorporated in C.P.C. with an object that trust which is charitable or public religious trust should be managed as per the wish of the Founder of the trust and in accordance with the provisions of trust deed - Court is not inclined to accept aforesaid contention of learned counsel for the applicant - respondent has no locus to file a suit, it is relevant to point out that respondent in the application under Section 92 CPC specifically averred that they belong to the family of Founder of the trust and used to visit the temple deity - Court finds that no illegality or a jurisdictional error has been committed by the trial court in granting leave to suit to the respondents – Revision dismissed.

JUDGMENT :

Saral Srivastava, J.

1. The present revision has been preferred by the defendants (hereinafter referred to as 'applicant') against the judgment and order dated 16.12.2020 passed by Additional District Judge, (FTC), Mahoba granting leave to suit under Section 92 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as 'CPC')

2. The facts, in short, are that the respondents-plaintiffs (hereinafter referred to as 'respondent') instituted a suit under Section 92 of CPC praying for a decree to remove the applicants from the trustee in Shree Ram Laxman Janakiji Vakai Mandir, Dubiyana, District Mohoba and further, the applicant no. 1 be directed to submit the account of trust and to return the money of trust which is in the hands of applicant no. 1. Further relief prayed was that a trustee be appointed in the trust to manage the property and temple as per the trust deed.

3. The plaint case is that one Shiv Charan Lal was the owner of a one-story house, the shops situated in Khanga Bazar Grantganj, District Mahoba, two-third part of Khata Khewat Number-2, Mauja Tindauli Mohal Dariyaw Patti Murtaja Hussain Khan, Pargana Mohaba, and one Bagh adjacent to Ramleela. He got constructed a Devalya known as Ram Laxman Janakiji. He executed a trust deed dated 06.10.1909 registered on 07.10.1909 to manage the temple. The aforesaid properties owned by Shiv Charan Lal were dedicated to Shree Ram Laxman Janakiji by the trust deed and proceeds of said property are to be used for maintenance, Pooja, and Bhog of the temple. Trust is a public charitable trust. The temple is in a dilapidated condition, and the applicant no. 1 who manages the trust is not maintaining the temple from the income of the properties of the trust. Further, the allegation in the plaint is that the trust owns a big market consisting of small shops over the house owned by the Trust which has been let out on rent. The income of the trust is being used by applicant no. 1 for his personal use. It is further stated that a part of shops owned by the trust has been let out to Union Bank of India at the rate of Rs.17,738/- per month and rent paid by the bank is also used by applicant no. 1 for his personal use. The respondents claim that they belong to the family of the applicants and used to visit the temple for Pooja and as such, they have an interest in the temple of trust. The relevant paragraphs of the plaint are extracted herein-below:-

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