Thamotherampillai V. Sellapah Et Al.,

1932 Present : Macdonell C.J. and Dalton J.

THAMOTHERAMPILLAI v. SELLAPAH et. al

59-D. C. Jaffna, 23,628.

Hindu temple-Application to settle a scheme of management-Hereditary manager-Association of other trustees-Trusts Ordinance, No. 9 of 1917, s. 106.

A District Court has power, in settling a scheme for the management of a trust under section 102 of the Trust Ordinance, to direct that other trustees be associated with the hereditary manager in the management of a Hindu temple.

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Judge of Jaffna.

H. V. Perera (with him Nadarajah), for defendants-appellants.

N. E. Weerasooria (with him Choksy), for plaintiffs-respondents.

August 5, 1932. DALTON J.-

The plaintiffs brought this action under section 102 of the Trusts Ordinance, 1917, after obtaining leave as required by sub-section (3), for a declaration that the Pilliyar temple as described in the plaint be declared a public charitable trust, and that a scheme of management be settled by the Court, proper trustees being appointed by the Court to manage and conduct all the affairs of the temple and its temporalities.

Defendants ple

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