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23. As per Section 47 of Indian Trust Act, the trustee cannot delegate his powers or his office to any other persons either to co-trustee or to strangers unless the instrument of Trust so provides. In this suit, after death of so-called original trustees some strangers have come before the court claiming that they are the managing committee of Trust - property, wherein they have not produced document of formation of management committee of plaintiff - Trust as per the Law by passing resolution time to time under the authority of author of Trust or with the consent of co-trustees and without lawful authority, the so-called persons PW1 and PW2 claiming themselves as President and Vice- President and Secretary of Plaintiff-Trust have no right to file suit without basis of any documentary evidence.