( 1 ) THIS is an appeal under Section 27 (3) of the M. P. Public Trusts Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) read with Section 96 of the Civil P. C. against the order passed by the Additional District Judge under Section 27 of the Act holding that the appellant has no claim to the office of Mahant of Shri jagannathji Public Trust, Champa, and he be divested of the scheduled properties of the said trust in his possession and he is further restrained from interfering with the affairs of the trust.

( 2 ) THE facts which are not in dispute are that sometime in the year 1889 (Samvat 1945) Premsingh, the then Zamindar of Champa, had created a trust on 3 12-1954 now called Temple Shri Jagannathji Public Trust. In the premises of the said trust there is also an idol of Shri Ramchandraji and other idols. On 3010-1953 Mahant Ramcharandas, who called himself Pujari and Sarbarakar (Manager) of the temple, applied for registration of the public trust under section 4 of the Act In his application, he disclosed that the office of the trustee (which he called working trustee) devolved by inheritance from the founder and the manager was appointed by the trustee. In due cours