circumstances of the case. Initially, a private temple, may be subsequently converted into a public temple. A private temple may become public gradually in course ... Therefore, once a private temple or a family temple or Ghar Derasar may be converted into a public temple or public trust depending upon
land is held by the Private Trust.
Private Trust is treated as a person or a
family. The trust was created in the year ... temple. In case,
there are sufficient evidence to establish that the subject temple is no longer a
Private Temple and is a “ Public Temple” where
attempt was made to claim the temple as private temple or a private trust. The various deeds viz., registered lease deed dated 8.3.1979, registered othi ... appellant that the temple in question is a private temple and the suit property is private trust property and that the others have nothing
question whether the temple or the trust is a private trust or public trust had come up for consideration before various Courts including the Apex ... entire property clearly indicates the nature of temple as private temple and not public temple. The Assistant Judge was not right when he observed that
deciding the issue as to whether
Trust is a private trust or public trust".
37. On the other hand, learned senior counsel ... jurisdiction to decide the issue whether
Vishnupad temple trust is a private trust or public trust. The said
issue was not decided and kept open
conclude that Kalika Mataji temple and other temples are
private temples and that, therefore, they are not public trust properties
for being registered under Section ... equally true that a private individual may construct, out of
this private purse, a private temple and idol retaining the control and
management
Temples of Shri Dwarakadhishji and Shri Trikamrayji at
Patadi-Whether 'temples"Public Trust'--Tests for determining
whether temple is private or public ... establish whether a temple is a public temple
or a private temple."
See also: Bihar State Board Religious Trust, Patna v. Mahant
Sri Biseshwar
held
that the Collector cannot manage private temples and land
belonging to a private temple cannot be treated as Government
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land ... private trusts and according to the
petitioners. the Ganpati temple is a private trust. If
that be so, regarding which we express no opinion
held that the
said temples were not private temples belonging to the said
community, and that both the temples were covered by the
provisions ... taken
without deciding the question whether the temple is a public
temple or a private temple.
At the hearing of the appeal before
temple is a public temple and that the property on
which the temple is constructed is of the temple or that
the temple and Math ... that a
given temple is a public temple and therefore a public
trust under the Act. The owner of a private temple also
furnishes
