TRUST
DEED FOR ESTABLISHING A TEMPLE [CD1]
THIS TRUST Deed made at
………..the ………..day of ..................20………..between A, son of ………..resident
of……….. (hereinafter called the Donor) of the ONE PART ………..and Shri B, son of ………..resident of ………..and Shri
C, son of ………..resident of………..(hereinafter called the Trustees) of the OTHER
PART.
WHEREAS the donor is
entitled to and otherwise seized of the plot of land more particularly described
in the Schedule hereto.
AND WHEREAS the donor is
desirous to establish a temple and the trustees have agreed to act as members
of the Committee of Management of the said temple and to establish the temple
by the money to be provided by the Donor and to maintain and manage the puja
and festivals to be conducted in the said temple.
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH AS
FOLLOWS:
In consideration of the
premises, the Donor hereby conveys and
grant………..transfers unto the trustees all that piece of land bearing
plot No.........................Survey No . ………..situate, lying and being at
village ………..Taluka ………..District ………..and………..more particularly described in
the Schedule hereto and delineated by
All estate red coloured boundary line on the plan annexed hereto,
together with clause rights, trees, yards, buildings, out buildings, easement,
privileges attached to or appurtenant to the same and all the rights, title and
interest of the donor therein and the donor has also paid
Rs..................to the trustees to hold the same unto and for the use of
the trustees free from encumbrances upon trust, to permit the same and all the
building or buildings that may be erected thereon to be used as a temple
subject to rules and regulations as shall be for the time being in force for
the management thereof and subject also to the following provisions:
(2) The objects of the trust
are
(a)
to construct a Hindu temple
and install the Hindu deities of Lakshmi, Saraswati and Gaytri for worship;
(b)
to permit all Hindus to
worship in the said temple of the said deities;
(c)
to celebrate festivals on
the occasion of navratri every year;
(d)
to develop, propagate and
encourage the Hindu philosophy and to protect the interests of Hindus;
(e)
to all other acts necessary
and conducive to the attainment of the above objects.
(3)
The trustees will construct
a temple by the money provided by the donor on the land mentioned in Schedule
hereto in accordance with the plan annexed at Annexure. The trustees will
install the deities of Goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati and Gaytiri in the said
temple in accordance with the ceremony prescribed by the Hindu Shastras. The
trustees will allow Hindus of all castes and creeds in the temple for worship.
(4)
The trustees will be
authorised to engage and employ such priests as they think fit for performance
of puja and celebration of annual festival in the temple on such salaries or
otherwise as they think fit and to suspend and remove them and appoint others
in their place to perform puja, etc. The trustees will also be authorised to
engage other employees for other miscellaneous works of the temple.
(5)
The expenses for maintenance
of temple, performance of pooja, celebration of annual festival, payment of
salaries of priests, and other servants and other necessary expenses of the
temple will be defrayed out of the income of the temple. If the income of the
temple is not sufficient, the trustees can defray such expenses out of the
corpus of the trust fund. The Trustees may also borrow money for the necessary
expenses or purposes on the security of the trust property except the temple.
If some money remains surplus, the same will be invested in the securities, as
the trustees deem fit.
(6)
If any of the trustees
becomes bankrupt, insolvent, insane or found
guilty of an offence involving moral turpitude or goes out of India for a period exceeding three months or
resigns from his office or otherwise
incapacitated, the new trustee will be appointed by the of now remaining
trustee with the consent of the donor during his life time.
(7)
The management and control
of the trust property shall be vested in the trustees.
(8)
The matters relating to the
trust will be decided by the decision of the majority of the trustees, but the
trustees will not be personally liable for any loss to the trust property by
their decision, unless they are found guilty of fraud.
(9)
In case of failure of the
trust for want of its object or trust having become impossible of performance
due to any reason, the trustees will apply to the Court for applying the trust
funds for similar objects.
(10) This
trust is a public charitable trust and its property will not be reverted back
to the donor or his descendants or any other person.
(11) In
case any property belonging to the trust is acquired or requisitioned for
public purposes, the compensation received shall be invested by the trustees in
such securities as they deem fit.
(12) The
trustees will keep proper accounts of all income and expenses of the trust
property and deposit all moneys offered to the deities every week in a bank
account. The box in which offerings will be made by the worshippers will be
locked and sealed and shall be opened every week by the head priest of the
temple in the presence of one trustee, who will sign the register of offerings
kept by the trustees.
(13) The
fund of the trust, including corpus and income of the trust shall not be
utilised for any other purpose, than that of the trust hereby created.
(14) The
approximate value of the property dedicated and comprising the trust estate is
Rs .
………..
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the
parties have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written.
The
Schedule above referred to
Annexure
WITNESSES
1
Signed and delivered by the
within named Donor A
2
Signed and delivered by the
within named Trustees B
3.
and C
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