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[1966] 1 S.C.R. 908, referred to.
7. The entries in the Inam Registers show that there was complete dedication of the property to the deity. Therefore, it cannot be held that there was only a partial dedication of the suit property and the property continued to retain its private and secular character. [67-F] S.Shanmugam Pillai & Ors. v. K.Shanmugam Pillai & Ors., [1973] 1 S.C.R. 570, referred to.
& CIVIL APELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal Nos. 301-302 of 1976 From the Judgment and Order dated 25.4.1975 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Appeal Nos. 87 & 362 of 1972.
Shri Sitaramiah has lastly contended that Ex. A-4 shows that after meeting the expenses for the upkeep of the deity, the income from the suit property was to be used for the benefit of his family which means that there was only a partial dedication of the property in favour of the deity. The submission of Shri Sitaramiah is that in view of the fact that the dedication was only partial, the property retained its original private and secular character and that there was only a charge on the common obligation used as part of the income for the upkeep of the deity and therefore, the said property attached to the temple cannot be regarded as the trust property. Reliance has been placed on the decision of this Court in S. Shanmugam Pillai & Ors. v. K. Shanmugam Pillai & Ors., [1973] 1 SCR 570, at p. 582-
83. Since we have not accepted the case set up by the appellant on the basis of the aforesaid document and have found that in view of the entries in the Inam Registers, there was complete dedication of the property to the deity, it cannot be held that there was only a partial dedication on the suit property and the property continued to retain its private and secular character.
In the result, the appeals fail and are accordingly dismissed with costs.
T.N.A. Appeal dismissed