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(iv) The appointment of a proxy under Clauses 11(h) and 11(k) is only for the purposes of accomplishing the Trust. However, in the past, several persons appointed as trustees had furnished a Power of Attorney to Vijay Mehta to attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees and to take decisions VBC 7/68 appl234.12 relating to the management and administration of the Trust and its affairs and properties. A trustee cannot delegate his power under a Deed of Trust, trusteeship being an office of confidence. Clause 11(k) only contemplates that the power of trustees can be represented by a proxy at an outside meeting and does not confer power on an individual trustee to appoint a proxy to attend and vote at a meeting of the Board of Trustees. Resolutions passed by any proxy at a meeting of the Board of Trustees are consequently invalid.