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The Commissioner, or any two or more persons having interest and having obtained the consent in writing of the Commissioner, may institute a suit in the Court to obtain a decree for removing the trustee of a math or a specific endowment attached to a math, for anyone or more of the following reasons, namely:-- (a) the trustee being of unsound mind; (b) his suffering from any physical or mental defect or infirmity which renders him unfit to be a trustee; (c) his having ceased to profess the Hindu religion or the tenets of the math; (d) his conviction for any offence involving moral turpitude; (e) breach by him of any trust created in respect of any of the properties of the religious institution [(f) waste of the funds or properties of the institution or the application of such funds or properties for purposes unconnected with the institution; (g) the adoption of devises to convert the income of the institution or of the funds or properties thereof into 'pathakanika'; (h) leading an immoral life or otherwise leading a life which is likely to bring the office or head of the math into contempt;] (i) persistent and wilful default by him in discharging his duties or functions under this Act or any other law. (2) Where the Commissioner refuses to give consent under sub-section (1), the party aggrieved may, within three months from the date of the receipt of the order by him, appeal to the [State Government] who may, after making such inquiry as they may consider necessary, confirm the order of the Commissioner or direct the Commissioner to give his consent in writing. Inserted by Act 27 of 1954. Kerala Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956.