K.L. PANDEY, J.

1. This appeal under section 27 (3) of the Madhya Pradesh Public Trusts Act, 1951 (hereinafter called the Act) is directed against an order dated 7 August 1967 whereby, on an application made by the Registrar of Public Trusts under section 26 (2) of the Act, the First Additional District Judge, Bhopal, held inter alia:-

(i) That the temple of Shri Jagannathji at Champa was affiliated to the Champa Math belonging to the Nihanga Sadhoos of Ramanandi Sect;

(ii) That the property of the temple was an accretion to the property of the Math;

(iii) That therefore, the property of the trust in favour of the temple would be governed by the customs and practices applying to the Math;

(iv) That Kumar Rudra Sharan Singh, being the successor of the founder, would be recorded as the trustee;

(v) That succession to the office of the trustee would be governed by the law of inheritance as applying to the founder;

(vi) That succession to the office of the Mahant would be governed by the customs and practices of the Nihanga Sadhoos of Ramanandi Sect;

(vii) That in accordance with those customs and practices, the Mahant of the Math would be the working trustee;

(viii) That the name of Maha