Temple notification extensions require natural justice; notice and hearing are mandatory before action under section 64(4).

A statutory power to continue, cancel or extend a temple notification under section 64(4) was treated as quasi-judicial because it affected the trustee's rights in the same way as the original notification process. The text states that, just as notice, objections, enquiry and a reasoned decision were required before an initial notification under sections 63 and 64(1) to 64(3), the same natural justice requirements applied to action under section 64(4). Notice and an opportunity of hearing were therefore mandatory, and the impugned notification was invalid for want of hearing.

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Issues: Whether an order extending a temple notification under section 64(4) could be made without giving the trustee notice and an opportunity of hearing.

Analysis: The statutory scheme required notice, objections, enquiry, and a reasoned decision before an initial notification could be issued under sections 63 and 64(1) to 64(3). The same kind of consideration was involved when the Government later decided whether to cancel or continue a notification under section 64(4), because that decision affected the trustee's rights in the same manner and depended on the same relevant facts concerning the management of the endowment. The power under section 64(4) was therefore not a mere administrative formality, and the principles of natural justice applied. The Court also rejected the reasons used to deny relief, holding that the objection had been raised and that the notification had not become ineffective as assumed by the High Court.

Conclusion: Notice and opportunity of hearing were mandatory before acting under section 64(4), and the impugned notification was invalid for want of such hearing.

Ratio Decidendi: Where a statutory power to continue, cancel, or extend a notification determines rights in substantially the same manner as the original notification power, it is quasi-judicial in character and cannot be exercised without complying with natural justice.

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