c^r- i sxs /- ^SMfSI F IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF CHHATISGRH AT BILASPUR CO ^Sft- WRIT PETITION N0 /2010 \PETmONER ^ 0^~ \y^<^' x '.•fLc^/.y >0^1 ^'Q^ ^0''^ ^< ^' ^' o"" ^ RESPONDENTS Jagnarayan son of Dhanushdhari aged About 40 years, Baiga ( viijage priest) of Shrine of Maa Kudargarh Devi resident of village Kudrgarh Babhna. Tahsil Surajpur,District Sarguja (C.G.) VERSUS 1. State ^ of Chhatisgarh through Chjef Secretary D.K.Sa Bhawan RQipur»CC<^) 2. Coilector Sarguja Ambikapur CC'^'^ 3. Sub- Divisional Officer Surajpur, Tahsi! Surajpur, District Sarguja (C.6.) [. Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Odgt, TahsSJ Surajpur, District Sas-guja C.G. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTmUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF Vv'RIT Vv'RITS ORDER.ORDERS DIRECTION .DIRECTIONS HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILA8PUR SB: HON'BLE 8HRI JUSTICB PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA WRIT PETITION (CI No. 6392 of2010 Vs. WRIT PBTITION UNDBR ARTICLE 226/227 OP 'NIE CON8TITUTION OF INDIA APPBARANCE: Mr. J.S. Baraik, counsel for flie petitioner. Mr. Rajendra Tripafhi, Paiiel Lawyer for tiie State, ORDER (ORAL1 (29.03.2011) 1. Challenge ia this writ petition has been luade to flie order Annexure P-2 passed by fhe Registrar PubUc Trusts, Siirajpur on 27.2.2003 ia exercise of powers conferred under fhe provisions of C.G. Public Trusts Act, 1951 (hereiaafter referred to as the Act, 1951) constitutiag aad registeriag a reUgious pubUc trust ia fhe name of Maa Bageswari Devi Lok Nyas Sainiti (Maa Kudlirgadi Devi). 2- Snch registration iii pursuaiice of an application u/ s 4 of fhe Act 1951 is subjected to aa enquixy u/s 5 aad based on fiadnigs of tlie Registrar u/s 6, entdes are niade iii fhe register ofthe pubUc tnist u/s 7 offhe Act. ^ Section 8 ofthe Act, 1951 reads as under: 8. Civil Suit ag^inst the finding of the Re^istrar.- (1) Any workmg trustee or person PBTITIONBR Jagnarayaii RESPONDBNTS State of CIihattisRarh and others mzSb 1 ^^^^y Rao haviag mterest m a publlc trust or aay property found to be trust property, aggrieved by aay fiadin^g of fhe Registrar under section 6 niay, wifhia six nionfhs froui the date of the pubUcation offhe notice under sub-section (1) of section 7, uistitute a suit ia a CivU Court to have such fiiidiag set aside or niodified. (2) In every such suit, the civU court shaU give notice to fhe State Goveminent fhrough the Regisfa:ar, and the State GoveiTinient, tf it so desires, shatl be niade a party to the suit. (3) On fhe final decision of the suit, fhe Registrar shall, tf necessary, correct fhe entdes inade ia the register in. accordao.ee with such decision. 3. Adiaittedly, fhe petitioner is chatlengiag fhe registration of public trust aad ftie entries niade ia the register of fhe pubUc trust with respect to fhe above named trust. To chaUenge such registration, petitioner is required to file a duly constituted civU suit u/s 8 of fhe Act, 1951 aad tlius flie present petition is not iiiamtainable. 4. The petitioner, tf he so desires, inay prefer a suit u/ s 8 of the Act 1951 aiid needless to say fhat tf such a suit is filed, fhe Civil Court having jurisdiction shall decide fhe suit ia accordaace wifh law aad the petitioner shall be at liberty to move aii appUcation for grant of mteilmi reUef or temporary iajunction ia titie said suit. 5. Accordiagly, fhe iastaat petition is disnussed, as not niaiataiaable. ——— Sd/- Prashant Kumar Mishra Judge ^ •^