The appellant was substituted for his father on the death of the latter while the writ petition was pending in the High Court.
The challenge to the Act was made by the father of the present appellant by a writ petition filed in the High Court of Orissa.
Appeal from the judgment and order dated April 30, 1958, of the Orissa High Court in O.J.C. No.
March 5, 1964.
V. Gupta, Additional Solicitor General, M. S. K. Sastri and R. N. Sachthey, for the respondent.
The case put forward in the petition firstly was that the Shri Jagannath Temple hereinafter referred to as the Temple was the private property of the petitioner, Raja of Puri, and the Act, which deprived the appellant of his property was unconstitutional in view of Art.
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135 of 1962.
11 of 1955, hereinafter referred to as the Act .
C. Setalvad, Sarjoo Prasad and A. D. Mathur, for the appellant.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by WANCHOO, J. This appeal on a certificate granted by the Orissa High Court raises the question of the companystitu tionality of the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1954, No.
321 of 1955.
