Public trust registration is mandatory under the Rajasthan Public Trust Act after 1982, and maintainability fails without it.

A public trust was required to be registered under the Rajasthan Public Trust Act as applicable after 1982, regardless of the income or valuation of its assets. The objection that the maintainability issue had been decided without hearing the appellant was rejected because the record did not support that claim. The lower appellate court's finding that the suit was not maintainable for want of registration was upheld, and no error in that finding was shown.

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Issues: Whether the suit was not maintainable for want of registration of the public trust, and whether the finding on that issue could be interfered with on the ground that the appellant had not been heard.

Analysis: The objection that the issue had been decided without notice was not accepted for want of supporting material on record. On merits, the public trust was required to be registered under the Rajasthan Public Trust Act as applicable after 1982, irrespective of income or valuation of assets. The lower appellate court had recorded a finding that the suit was not maintainable for want of registration, and no error in that finding was shown.

Conclusion: The challenge to the finding on maintainability failed, and the appeal was liable to be dismissed.

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