Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Vacancies, whether permanent or temporary, amongst the office-holders or servants of a religious institution shall be filled up by the trustee in cases where the office or service is not hereditary. (2) In cases where the office or service is hereditary, the next in the line of succession shall be entitled to succeed. (3) Where, however, there is a dispute respecting the right of succession, or Where such vacancy cannot be filled up immediately, or Where the person entitled to succeed is a minor without a guardian fit and willing to act as such or there is a dispute respecting the person who is entitled to act as guardian, or Where the hereditary office-holder or servant is suspended from his office, under Section 49, sub-section (1), the trustee may appoint a fit person to discharge the functions of the office or perform the service, until the disability of the office holder or servant ceases or another person succeeds to the office or service, as the case may be. Explanation.-- In making any appointment under this sub-section, the trustee shall have due regard to the claims of members of the family, if any, entitled to the succession. (4) Any person affected by an order of the trustee under sub-section (3) may, within one month from the date of the receipt of the order by him, appeal against the order to the Deputy Commissioner.