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1981 Supreme(MP) 410

High Court Of Madhya Pradesh
G. L. Oza, J.
V.V.DRAVID - Appellant
Versus
STATE - Respondents
Civil Revn. Petn. 474 Of 1980
Decided On : 07/27/1981

Advocates Appeared:
G.M.CHAPHEKAR, S.L.JAIN

Headnote:(1) Public Trusts Act, 1951 (MP) - S. 26 - jurisdiction under-when may be exercised by the District Court--application should be made either under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2)-without such application action cannot be taken by the District Court.

       The Registrar may order the applicant to make an application to the District Court under sub section (1) of section 26. Under certain circumstances, the Registrar may himself make the application. If the Registrar sends his file to the District Court, it is neither an application under sub-section (1) nor under sub-section (2); and the District Court cannot exercise jurisdiction made under section 26 of the Act. [Para 6]

       (2) Public Trusts Act, 1951 (MP)-S. 27-enquiry under-the Court cannot abdicate its functions to the Commissioner-Court should determine what enquiry has to be made-Civil P. C. 1908-S. 75.

       Section 27 requires the Court to determine what enquiry is to be made. It is only when the Court decides as to the questions on which the enquiry is to be made and feels that the enquiry should be caused to be made by some one else that the aid of section 75 of the Code of Civil Procedure could be taken for appointment of a Commissioner. But the Court cannot abdicate its function and leave to the Commissioner to hold such enquiry as he thinks proper. [Para 10]

       

G. L. OZA, J.

( 1 ) THIS revision petition has been filed by the petitioner against an order passed by Seventh Addl. District Judge, Indore, dt. 5-5-1980.

( 2 ) THE non-applicant No. 2 claiming to be a trustee of Gandhi Mazdoor Smarak Nidhi submitted an application to the Registrar of Public Trusts. This application was submitted on 16th May 1979 and the non-applicant No. 2 sought a relief of permission to file appropriate proceedings against the Chairman, the present petitioner. The Registrar of the Public Trusts issued a notice to the Chairman (the petitioner) and after the reply was filed by him. the Registrar without further enquiry into the matter, sent the file to the court of District Judge for suitable action. On receiving these papers, the learned Additional District Judge issued notices to all the parties and also to the Registrar and thereafter passed the impugned order sending the matter to one Shri N. B. Sirpurkar, Advocate for recording evidence as he may think necessary. It is against this order that the present petition is filed.

( 3 ) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner contended that Under Section 26 of the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, it was open to the Registrar, Public Trusts, after enquiry either to file an application himself before a competent court or to direct the concerned person to file an application but he had no jurisdiction or authority to send the case and its file to the court of District Judge and the court of District Judge (Additional District Judge) could not have taken cognisance of such file if sent by the Registrar without any application made by the Registrar. It was further contended that the learned Additional District Judge having taken cognisance of the matter, which he could not have, instead of further enquiring into the matter, himself which was his function, left it to the Commissioner and directed him that he may, if he so thinks, examine witnesses and thereby again committed material irregularity in exercise of jurisdiction. The learned counsel contended that all these proceedings are without Jurisdiction and cannot be allowed to remain.

( 4 ) THE learned counsel for the non-applicants contended that so far as the order of the learned Judge leaving the matter to the Commissioner, Shri Sirpurkar Advocate is concerned, he does not support the order passed by the Additional District Judge but he contended that as the matter itself was sent by the Registrar to the court of District Judge, the application made to the Registrar should be considered as an application made to the court of Additional District Judge and, therefore, the court below was right in taking cognisance of the matter.

( 5 ) THE order-sheet of the Registrar, which also, it appears, has been sent along with the papers to the court of District Judge, shows that the Registrar of Public Trusts finally passed an order dt. 4-2-1980 and this order only says that as this application has been moved about irregularities being committed in the trust and irregularities are found, therefore, the whole proceedings be sent to the court of District Judge for appropriate action and the order-sheet of the learned District Judge who received this file, shows that the learned District Judge felt that the Registrar of Public Trusts had sent this file for action Under Section 26 of the M. P. public Trusts Act and, therefore, he, in his turn, passed it on to the court of Additional District Judge, Indore. ( 6 ) SECTION 26 of the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act provides:-

"26. Application to court for directions:- (1) If the Registrar on the application by any person interested in the Public trusts or otherwise is satisfied that- (a) the original object of the Public trust has failed; (b) the trust property is not being properly managed or administered; or (c) the direction of the court is necessary for the administration of the public trust; he may, after giving the working trustee an opportunity fo be heard, direct, such trustee














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