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provisions of the act or rule made thereunder, be final and conclusive. U/s. 8 of the Act of 1951, any working trustee or person having interest in a public trust or any property found to be trust property, aggrieved by any finding of the Registrar u/s. 6, may institute a suit in a civil court to have such finding set aside or modified. Under Sub Section (2) of Section 8, in every such suit, the civil court shall give notice to the State Government. Under Sub Section (3) of Section 8, on final decision of the suit, the Registrar shall, if necessary, correct the entries made in the register in accordance with such decision. Section 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Act of 1951 are reproduced below :

"4. Registration of public trusts. - (1) Within three months from the date on which this section comes into force in any area or from the date on which a public trust is created, whichever is later, the working trustee of every public trust shall, apply to the Registrar having jurisdiction for the registration of the public trust.

(2) Such application shall be accompanied by such fees, if any, not exceeding five rupees as may be prescribed.

(3) The application shall be in such form as may be prescribed and shall among other things contain the following particulars, namely,-

(i) the origin, nature and object of the public trust;

(ii) the place where the principal office or the principal place of business of the public trust is situate;

(iii) the names and addresses of the working trustee and the manager;

(iv) the mode of succession to the office of the trustees;

is shorter and in the case of a newly created public trust the estimated income from such sources;

(viii) amount of the average annual expenditure in connection with such public trust estimated on the expenditure incurred within the period to which the particulars under clause (vi) relate;

(ix) the address to which any communication to the working trustee or manager in connection with the public trust may be sent; and

(x) such other particulars as may be prescribed: