GOVERNMENT AGENT, NORTHERN PROVINCE, v. PARARAJASINGHAM.

GOVERNMENT AGENT, NORTHERN PROVINCE,

v. PARARAJASINGHAM.

D. C., Jaffna, 2,467.

Hindu temple-Acquisition of glebe land for public purpose-Price brought into Court by Government Agent in land acquisition case-Claims to trusteeship of temple-Duty of Court to see that price is not expended for mere temporary purposes.

Where money was brought into Court as the value of a land which belonged to a Hindu temple and had been acquired by the Government under the Land Acquisition Ordinance, and several parties claimed the proceeds, each alleging himself to be a trustee of the temple,-

Held, that the question of trusteeship of the temple should be settled in the very case in which the money was brought into Court, and that if paid out, the Court should take care that the money, representing the value of glebe land, was not expended for mere temporary purposes, but in some way that will permanently benefit the charity.

IN this case the issue was, which of the defendants were entitled to draw the money brought into Court by the plaintiff as the value of the land acquired by the Government under the Land Acquisition Or

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