Chapter II RECONSTITUTION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY OF THE ERSTWHILE TRUST

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3. Re-constitution of erstwhile trust and transfer to and vesting of properties

Statutory text

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Trusts Act or any other law for the time being in force, on and from the appointed date, the provisions of this Act shall apply to erstwhile trust registered as “ Bhosala Devasthan, Ramtek” at Ramtek,Taluka Ramtek, District Nagpur, with registration No. A-532
- (N) and the said Trust shall be re-constituted under this Act by the name of ‘‘Shree Ram Mandir Devasthan Trust (Ramtek)’’.
(2) On the appointed date, all the properties, whether movable or immovable (including all assets, rights, funds, liabilities and obligations) of the erstwhile trust shall, by virtue of, and in accordance with, the provisions of this Act, stand transferred to, and vested in the Management Committee for the purposes of the Devasthan Trust so reconstituted under sub-section
(1) and the Executive Officer shall, on behalf of the Committee, be entitled to their possession and management from that day.
(3) The Committee or Board of Trustees functioning in relation to the erstwhile trust immediately before the appointed date shall cease to function; and all its powers, duties, rights and privileges, if any, in relation to the erstwhile trust shall vest in the Management Committee of the Devasthan trust.

Chapter II RECONSTITUTION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY OF THE ERSTWHILE TRUST

4. Transfer of possession of valuables and properties to Trust

Statutory text

(1) The Board of Trustees of the erstwhile trust and every other person in possession of,—
- (a) any movable or immovable property of the erstwhile Trust; or
- (b) the valuable articles, and the money including the money in the form of deposits in bank or in credit society or with any person or investment in shares, belonging to the erstwhile trust, shall hand over possession thereof, or transfer or cause to be transferred, forthwith, or within such longer period not exceeding thirty days, as may be allowed by the Management Committee, along with full inventory thereof, to the Executive Officer on behalf of the Management Committee.
(2) Where any property is handed over or transferred under sub-section (1), the Executive Officer shall, after due verification with the inventory, pass a proper receipt in writing for the same to the transferor and thereupon, the Executive Officer shall be responsible for the safe custody of such property thereafter.
(3) On so handing over or transferring any such property of the erstwhile trust to the Executive Officer and obtaining a receipt thereof under sub-section (2), the transferor shall stand released and discharged from all claims and demands or liability in respect of that property.
(4) Immovable property held by the Devasthan Trust shall not be sold without public auction and without prior permission of the Government i.e Law and Judiciary Department and while granting permission, the Government shall ensure that the offset price of such immovable property shall not be less than the market value of such property as per the rates fixed under the Annual Statement of Rates fixed under the Maharashtra (Determination of True Market Value of Property) Rules, 1995 or any other law for the time being in force: Provided that, the person who has vested interest in the immovable property at the time of public auction shall have the first right to purchase the said immovable property at the highest bid price accepted at such auction.
(5) No instrument alienating the immovable property of the Trust without following the procedure mentioned in this section shall be valid.

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