Disqualification of Pujaris

A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as, and for continuing to be, a pujaris.-

1. (a) if he is an undischarged insolvent;
2. (b) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
3. (c) if he is interested either directly or indirectly in a subsisting lease or any property of, or contract made with, or any work being done for, the Shrine or is in arrears of any dues payable to the Shrine;
4. (d) if he is appearing as a legal practitioner on behalf of or against the Shrine;
5. (e) if he has been sentenced by a criminal court for an offence involving moral turpitude, and such sentence has not been reversed;
6. (f) if he has acted adversely, to the interest of the Shrine;
7. (g) if he is an addict to intoxicating liquors or drugs;
8. (h) if he has not completed twenty-one years of age; and
   • (i) if he ceases to profess Hindu religion or persuasion or to belong to the religious denomination to which the Shrine pertains.