The High Court directed the petitioner to challenge the Board's order declaring a temple a public trust before a competent court within four weeks, relying on the statutory right to appeal under the Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act.
Direction to file challenge in competent court within four weeks
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13804 of 2021
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Shaligram Singh S/o Late Babu Saryug Prasad Singh Resident of VillagePachaut, Police Station- Chauthan, District- Khagaria.
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Mahasweta Chatterjee For the Respondent/s : Mr.Ganpati Trivedi For Bihar State Board of : Mr.Shekhar Singh, Adv. Religious Trust For State : Mr.Raj Kishore Roy, G.P.-18 ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY
ORAL ORDER
14 03-12-2024 Vide impugned order dated 06.10.2020, the President, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust has decided the nature of the trust in question, and he declared it to be a public trust.
Patna High Court CWJC No.13804 of 2021(14) dt.03-12-2024 2/2
Religious Trusts Act, 1950 makes a provision that the Board is empowered to decide the nature whether a trust is public or private and the aggrieved/interested person may challenge the order of the Board before the competent Court.
(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the designation of a trust as public by the Board President was procedurally valid and open to challenge?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Shaligram Singh
The Bihar State Board of Religious Trust
The Chairman Bihar State Board of Religious Trust
The Managing Committee of Mahavir Swami Mandir
Nawneet Kumar Pandey
As recorded by the court registry
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