RADHA SOAMI SATSANG BEAS
ORIGIN AND GROWTH

CONTENTS
                                                                               Page
1. Origin and Growth                                                 3
2. Will of the Great Master of 1937                           10
3. Codicil of the Great Master of 1942                      14
4. Scheme of Management and Admini-
    stration of 1947                                                      17
5. Codicil of the Great Master of 1947                       25
6. The Last Will of the Great Master of 1948             27
7. The Will of Sardar Bahadur Ji Maharaj of
1951                                                                           29
8. Trust Deed of Maharaj Charan Singh Ji of
1957                                                                          31
9. Deed of Transfer of Maharaj Charan
Singh Ji of 1957                                                        36
10. Mernorandum, Rules and Regulations of
the Society                                                                 39
11. Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital,
      Beas                                                                    62
12. Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society          66
13. List of Members of the Society for 1981               82

ORIGIN & GROWTH

A small seed sown by the sacred hand of a Saint soon shoots up into a luxuriant plant, and in course of time, grows into a stately and overspreading tree laden with beauteous blossoms and sweet fruit. Under its blessed shade countless seekers after Truth find opportunity for spiritual growth. Such was the seed sown by the Great Saint, Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1 891 on the west hank of River Beas. The place at the time was a complete wilderness and a haunt of wild beasts.
 

Baba Ji Maharaj began his spiritual ministry at the bidding of His revered Master, Hazur "Swami Ji Maharaj," Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji, who desired him to revive and spread the forgotten teachings of Sant Mat in the Punjab, the sacred homeland of the Ten Gurus. Baba Ji laid the foundation of the present township of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh in 1891 by the erection of a small mud hut, barely 9 feet square in area, which has now developed into a beautiful modern colony where calm and peace reign. Within a short time His fame as a Great Saint spread far and wide, and seekers began to flock to Him from all corners of the world.
 

He initiated Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji on 15th of October 1 894 at
Murree, where He had gone on a Satsang tour. His grooming of Baba
Sawan Singh Ji for the assumption of the most onerous duties of
Mastership of the sacred institution of the Dera started immediately.
A few months before relinquishing the mortal coil, Baba Ji nominated
Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji as His spiritual successor, and passed away on
the 29th of December 1903.
 

Though the Dera was founded by Baba Jaimal Singh Ji, the chief architect of its real growth and development was Hazur Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh Ji, lovingly called by His numerous disciples the "Great Master of Beas." In His time, 1903-1948, the Dera made phenomenal
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Cashier. Sardar Harbans Singh, Sardar Bachint Singh and Malik Radha Kishan were its Members. The second administrative body appointed by Hazur Maharaj Ji was an Administrative Committee consisting of twenty-five members who were given various assignments in the Dera. Hazur Maharaj Ji was its President also, with Sardar Bahadur Ji as Vice President. These members were to work in accordance with the guidelines laid down and under the control of the Managing Committee, which had the authority to change, substitute, add or reduce the composition of this Committee. The third was a General Advisory Committee with fifty-six members drawn from all over India. Hazur Maharaj Ji and Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh Ji were the President and Vice President respectively of this Committee also.

This historical document concludes with the following behest of the Great Master, Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji

"that this arrangement shall continue after his demise and that in that event S.B.S. Jagat Singh shall be the President of all the three Committees; and all the immovable property everywhere shall stand in his name as religious and spiritual property; and shall not be regarded his private and personal property."

This document is written in the hand of Malik Radha Kishan Khanna,
Advocate, High Court. Besides being signed by the Great Master at
the end, it bears His signature on every page. It was witnessed by
Rai Sahib Munshi Ram, P.C.S. (Retd.), and the above mentioned Malik
Radha Kishan Khanna.
 

Hazur Maharaj Ji sanctioned and sanctified this Scheme by His Will dated the 24th of September 1947 (marked D).

The Great Master's last Will (marked E) was dated the 2 0th of March 1948. It was executed about a fortnight before His demise. By this, He nominated Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh Ji to succeed Him as the

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 These Wills were duly presented and proved in the Court of the District Judge, Jullundur, on the basis of which a Probate was granted to Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Ji, after due enquiry was held and all legal formalities were gone through.

Sardar Bahadur period of Mastership lasted only three years and a half. He breathed His last on the night of the 22nd of October 1951 after nominating the Present Master, Maharaj Charan Singh Ji, as His successor by His Will of the same date (marked F).

Of the many great works that the Present Master has to His credit, the one that is, from the organisational standpoint, most significant is His handing over of the religious and spiritual properties of immense value to a Trust created by Him in I9~7. It is the basic principle of Sant Mat, and especially of the Radha Soami Faith, that Satguru, being God incarnate, has absolute authority and power to deal with His parmarthi (religious) property of every kind in whatever way He likes. All bhaints (offerings) made to Him by His followers and all property inherited by Ilim from His Satguru, become His personal properties, and His powers t& use such properties are not restricted in -any way. But our line of great masters, right from Swami Ji Maharaj to the Present Master, Maharaj Charan Singh Ji, have never put this property to their personal use. They have always maintained themselves and their families on their personal and private income. To this rule they have always scrupulously adhered. The bhaint ahd all the parmarthi property of every kind, they have always used for the extension, expansion and development of the Satsang activities and for the welfare and the benefit of the sangat (follbwers). The Present Master, Maharaj Charan Singh Ji, to give this practice a legal and well-defined shape for the benefit of the sangat and for the better and efficient management of all these
 

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properties, now and in future, first declared Himself a trustee of all this property in a legal form by a duly registered Deed on the 25th of October 1957 (marked G). On that very date, He transferred, by a Transfer Deed (marked H) all this trust property to the registered Trust Society,''Radha Soami Satsang Beas,"registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of i860 on the11th of October 1957 (vide Memorandum of Association & Rules and Regulations of the Association of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, marked I). He nominated the following trusted devotees of the Great Master and Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Ji to form the above mentioned Society : -
 

S. Gulab Singh Bindra, one of the oldest Satsangis, who was also initiated by Maharaj Baba Jaimal Singh Ji, and had lived and worked with the Great Master, Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, for a very long time, was the first President of the Society. On his demise, His Highness Raja Sahib of Sangli, Shrimant Chintaman Rao Appa Sahib Patwardhan, K.C.S.I., Padma Bhushan, became the President. He was succeeded by Rani Lakshmi Bai Rajwade, M.R.C.S., w/o Major General G. R. Rajwade, Justice P.D Sharma succeeded her and in 1979 Mrs. Sheila Bharat Ram was elected President.

The following is the list of the Members of the Society as it stands at present (1981):-

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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'A'

COPY OF THE WILL OF THE GREAT MASTER MAHARAJ

SAWAN SINGH JI DATED AND REGISTERED ON THE

30TH NOVEMBER 1937

(Stamped Paper)

I, Sawan Singh (aged about 79 years) s/o Sardar Kabul Singh, caste Jat, resident of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Tehsil and District Amritsar do hereby declare :-
 

That I own and possess properties of two kinds. First is my personal and ancestral, movable and immovable property, which I have either inherited from my ancestors or have acquired personally with money received from the Government as pay and pension. This property is situated in village Mehmansinghwala, District Ludhiana, and in villages Sikanderpur, Rasulpur, Kasan Khera etc., etc., in Tehsil Sirsa, Dist. Hissar.

The second kind of property, movable and immovable, is the religious property which I have either inherited from my late Satguru Maharaj Jaimal Singh Sahib, or have myself acquired as the Spiritual Head of the (Religious Institute) Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, with the money which the satsangis of the Radha Soami Faith of the Dera have been offering from time to time as the Bhaint (offering to the Guru). The following are the details of this property of the second kind:

1. All the houses and lands (vacant sites) lying within the boundary walls of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh situated in the villages of Bal Sarai and Baraich;

2. The big Satsang Hall and other buildings, lands and vacant sites

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lying outside the boundary walls of the Dera Baba Jaimal Singh situated within the villages of Bal Sarai and Baraich;

3. All the lands situated in the villages of Baraich and Bal Sarai;
 

4. The Kothi and lands situated in the village Buddha Theh, opposite the Beas Railway Station;

5. Kothi, with the land enclosed within the boundary wall, situated in Mohalla Raghunath Pura in Amritsar City;

6. Kothi, with the land surrounding it, situated on the Ravi Road, Lahore;

7. Satsang Ghar with land and shops appertaining to Satsang Ghar situated in Mohalla Ganda Nala, Rawalpindi;

8. Lands and houses situated in village Ghuman, Dist. Gurdaspur;

9. All the money deposited in various Banks in my name (except the money deposited by the satsangis in trust) who want to have houses built for themselves in the Dera, the list of which is given in detail in the Dera papers;

10. Kothi and the land surrounding it in Montgomery City;
 
 

11. Kothi and land in Kala Bag, Nathia Gali, Dist. Abbotabad (the land on which it is built belongs to the proprietors of the village);

12. Satsang Ghar with the Ahata in Jhelum City.

All other movable property, shops and houses (except the above mentioned property of the second kind) is my personal and family property, which will be considered property of the first kind. I wish

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that after me no dispute of any kind may arise, wherefore, being in full possession of my senses and in sound mind and of my own free will and consent make the following will :-

That after my death, my children will succeed to the property of the first kind, viz., my two sons, Sardar Bachint Singh and Sardar Harbans Singh and my grandson, Sardar Satnam Singh will succeed to this property in equal shares in accordance with the Customary Law which governs my caste.

My property of the second kind shall be inherited and owned by that person whom I shall nominate and appoint as my successor by a separate will to be the Spiritual Head of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh. He will be the full owner, like myself, of the property of the second kind and shall have the full power, as I have, to alienate it in any way he likes.

A number of satsangis have built houses in the Dera Baba Jaimal Singh with my permission on the land belonging to me and in my possession on the condition that they and their descendants can reside in the Dera only so long as they have faith in the Master who for the time being is the Spiritual Head of the Dera and are considered by him to be suitable persons for residing in the Dera, otherwise they have no right to live in the Dera and I or my successor shall be authorised to eject them any time we liked. In the event of their ejectment, the satsangis concerned or their assignees will have no right of any sort to the land or the materials of the building. If any satsangi or his heir is desirous of transferring his house to any other satsangi of the Dera, he would do so with my permission, or after me, with the permission of my successor who may be the Spiritual Head of the Dera at the time.

I have good fraternal relations with the other centres of Radha Soami Faith, but none of them has any concern with my property of the second kind, nor have I anything to do with their property. Similarly, no follower of any other religion, faith or creed has any interest in, or

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concern or connection with my property of the second kind. I am the sole owner of the Dera and all properties connected therewith, and after me, my successor will likewise be the sole owner of these properties. I have therefore executed this will to serve as a record of my intentions.

Dated 30th November, 1937

(Sd.) SAWAN SINGH

Witness

(Sd.) Har Narain Retd. E.A.C. Dera Baba Jaimal Singh.
 
 

Witness :- (Sd.) Kala Singh
Retd. Hony. Captain of Nussi.

CODICIL. 1942

'B'

COPY OF THE REGISTERED CODICIL DATED 7TH JULY 1942

I, Sawan Singh, s/o Sardar Kabul Singh, caste Jat, disciple of Hazur Maharaj Baba Jaimal Singh Ji, Radha Soami, resident of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Tehsil and Dist. Amritsar being in perfect bodily health, of sound mind and in full possession of my senses do hereby state as follows:-

That I have already executed and have had registered a Will dated 30th November, 1937, but as I have, by purchase, acquired more religious property after the execution of the said Will, and have built houses on the many newly acquired lands, as I have been doing heretofore for the benefit and use of satsangis of Beas, I therefore consider it desirable to execute a codicil as under to the already executed Will:-

2. Satsang Ghar at Multan with the buildings and lands appurtenant thereto;
 
3. Kothi in Parore, Dist. Kangra with the ground, lands and buildings appurtenant thereto;
 
 4. Satsang Ghars in the Districts of Hoshiarpur and Kangra with all the rights appurtenant thereto;

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5. Property and Satsang Ghar situated in Daska, District Sialkot;
 

6. Property and Satsang Ghar situated in Gujranwala;
 
7. Property of Satsang Ghar situated in Sialkot.
 

All the aforesaid properties are used for my satsangs, discourses and meditation, and my children will not therefore have any right to or concern whatsoever with these properties, as in the case of the other religious properties which have been mentioned in my previous will. After me the ownership of these properties will vest in my successor nominated by me. He will have the same right over these properties as have been exercised by me during my life time. This is ancient tradition handed down by the Shabd Margi saints whose real home is Sachkhand and Anami that they are regarded by their followers and disciples as the very manifestation of God, accordingly all religious property standing in their name is considered their personal property in respect of which they have full right of transfer and disposal, and no one has any right whatsoever to interfere in the exercise of these absolute powers of theirs. However, such saints, in spite of being absolute owners, seldom use these properties or their income for their personal benefit, but donate (spend) all such properties and the income thereof for the uplift, welfare and well-being of their satsangis and for religious purposes. My Guru, Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj, the founder of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh Beas, has been one of such Perfect Masters, whose line is being perpetuated till today, and will continue to be perpetuated in future. I too have been following the same principle and have been meeting my expenses and those of my dependants from my personal income and the income from my own agricultural lands and other personal properties, details of which have already been given in my previous will. Religious properties owned by me and the income therefrom have never been used for my personal purposes or

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those of my children. Hence this codicil has been executed by me for purposes of record which may be of use whenever needed.

(Sd) SAWAN SINGH

26-4-42

(Sd.) Munshi Ram M.A., Retd. P.C.S.

The testator dictated and signed this will in my presence.

(Sd.) Chandar Bansi Retd. Civil Surgeon

26-4-42

ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, 1947

SCHEME OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Under the direction of Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji, Sant Sat Guru of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, the following scheme has been drawn up for the management of the Radha Soami Institution and Colony known as Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, and all lands, houses, Satsang Ghars and all property, movable and immovable relating thereto wherever it may be in the whole of India and abroad and all matters and affairs connected therewith.

Three Committees are to be set up, under the Presidentship of Maharaj Ji himself to be known as

(1) General Committee

(2) Administrative Committee

(3) Managing Committee
 
1. The General Committee shall consist of members whose names are given in Schedule I appended hereto. Its functions shall be of an advisory riature and it shall meet at least once a year or more often if so directed by the President. S. B. Jagat Singh, retired professor, Agricultural College, shall be the Vice President, who shall preside in the absence of Sri Hazur Maharaj Ji, the President; R. S.L. Munshi Ram shall be the Secretary of this Committee.

2. The Administrative Committee shall consist of members whose

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names are given in Schedule II appended hereto. Maharaj Ji shall be the President of this Committee and S. B. Jagat Singh shall be its Vice President. R. S. L. Munshi Ram shall act as the Secretarv of this Committee. This Administrative Committee shall consist of Chief Sevadars who shall be considered heads of departments entrusted to them and shall be responsible for the smooth, honest and efficient working of their respective departments for the maximum good of the Radha Soami Satsang, Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and its votaries and property. The duties entrusted to the various members of this Committee are set forth in Schedule II appended here to.  In case the individual members of this Committee wish to consult theother members it will be open to them to do so and the President and Vice President can, in their discretion, convene a meeting of the whole or part of Administrative Committee for any purpose and at any time.

3. The Managing Committee shall be deemed the Chief Executive for t he management of all matters connected with the Radha Soami Institution at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and all other Institutions attached thereto and all property held by them whether such matters are religious or secular. The Administrative Committee shall work under the control and direction of the Managing Committee in all matters without exception while all financial and monetary affairs shall be in the sole charge of the Managing Committee.

This Managing Committee shall consist of Hazur Maharaj Ji, President, S. B. Jagat Singh, Vice President, R. S. L. Munshi Ram,S. Harbans Singh, S. Bachint Singh and Mr. Radha Kishan Khanna, Advocate, Members. R. S. Munshi Ram shall be the Secretary and Cashier of this Committee and shall be responsible for the upkeep of proper and regular accounts and the proper handling of all money and money matters as well as for the running of the Office and the maintenance of necessary registers and books.

It has been further directed by Hazur Maharaj Saw an Si ngh Ji that

ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, 1947

this arrangement shall continue after his demise and that in that event S. B. S. Jagat Singh shall be the President of all the three Committees; and all the immovable property everywhere shall stand in his name as religious and spiritual property; and shall not be regarded his private and personal property.

(Sd.) SAWAN SINGH

· (Sd.) Munshi Ram Retired P.C.S.

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GENERAL COMMITTEE, 1947

SCHEDULE I

NAMES OF MEMBFRS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE

2.  All members of the Administrative Committee

4.  Lala Ram Nath Luthra, D.C.

5.  L. Prabhu Dayal, Sub Judge

6.  Mehta Rang Lal, Cotton Cloth

7.  Mr. Rameshwer Dayal Mathur, P.C.S.

8.  S. Bachitter Singh, P.C.S.

9.  R. B. Sheo Dhian Singh

10. Babu Hem Chunder of Delhi

11. S. Gurbaksh Singh of Delhi

12. L. Nand Lal, Bar-at-Law

13. Bhagat Kundan Lal

14. Mehta Isher Singh of Delhi

15. L. Ramoo Shah - Lucknow

16. L. Baldev Saha - Lucknow

                               18. L. Babu Ram - Lucknow

                               19. L. Arur Chand - Amritsar
 
                               20. L. Brij Lal - Amritsar

   21. L. Ainar Nath - Amritsar

 22. L. Nathu Ram Bhatnagar - Amritsar

23. Prof. Guran Lal - Amritsar

24. Mr. S. S. Bhargava of Dehra Dun

25. Mr. Amarnath Bhargava of Delhi

26. Mr. Sadhu Singh - Ghuman

27. Mr. Dalip Singh - Ghuman

28. Mr. Balwant Singh

30. Mr. Arjan Singh - Veela

                              32. Mr. Chanan Singh - Varaich

                              33. Mr. Ram Singh, Vadala

34. Mr. Ramo Mull - Buland Shahr

35. Mr. Gainda Ram ~ Buland Shahr

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, 1947

SCHEDULE II

NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh Ji,
President

Overall control and supervision.
 

S. B. S. Jagat Singh,
Vice President
 
 In charge agricultural lands in the name of Hazur Maharaj Ji at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and all immovable property at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and at all places in India and abroad except villages Sikanderpur, Rasulpur Then, Kasan Khera and Derbi in District Hissar, as well as Satsang Char at Sirsa and also with the exception of lands in village Mehmarisinghwala in Ludhiana District which are the private and personal property of Hazur Maharaj Ji. Also jointly responsible for all financial and money matters.
 
 
 
R. S. L. Munshi Ram, Secretary
 
Responsible for and in charge of all financial and money matters and for the maintenance of accounts, records and books, etc.
 

S. Harbans Singh
S/o Hazur Maharaj Ji
S. Bachint Singh
S/o Hazur Maharaj Ji

Jointly responsible for all financial and money matters.
 

Mr. Radha Kishan, Advocate

Do. and for all legal affairs.

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, 1947

L. Trilok Chand  -   Responsible for and in charge of
engineering & architectural affairs.

Dr. Dewan Chand  -   In charge of medical affairs and public
health.

S. Hazara Singh Ji -
ointly sub charge of medical and
health.

Bh. Shadi Ji  -
In charge of workshop and mechanical engineering.

S. Kirpal Singh -
In charge of the accommodation of Satsangi pilgrims to the Dera. Jointly responsible for holding Satsangs (sermons & preachings) and for spiritual literature.

S. Jagat Sirigh, Jat of Varaich -
In sub charge of all agricultural matters under the direction and control of S. B. Jagat Singh.

S. Gopal Singh Latha -
In sub charge of the accommodation and comfort of Satsangi pilgrims under the direction and control of S. Kirpal Singh and in charge of the clothing stores.
 

S. Gulab Singh
Mr. B. Rameshwar -
Responsible jointly for holding Satsangs and sermons and preachings.
 

S. Gokal Singh
Do. and also Civil Supply Officer for the Dera under the control and direction of R. S. L. Munshi Ram.

Malik Han Ram
L. Dewan Chand
L. Jagan Nath -
Jointly in charge of and responsihle for all langar affairs.
 

Subedar Major Shiv Singh, C.B.l. -
In charge of Watch and Ward of Dera
Baba Jaimal Singh.

Pt. Sadhu Ram, Pleader -
In charge of Seva Samiti of Dera Baba
Jaimal Singh.
 

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Khalifa Niamat Rai
R. B. Gulwant Rai
Bibi Lajo -
Jointly responsible for legal affairs and for interviewing Officers. In charge of the accommodation and amenities for the female Satsangi pilgrims.

Bibi Rakhi -
In charge of the cooking of food in the langar.
 

                                                                               (Sd.) SAWAN SINGH

CODICIL, 1947

CODICIL OF THE GREAT MASTER DATED 24TH SEPTEMBER 1947

I, Sawan Singh, s/o Sardar Kabul Singh, Jat, Spiritual Head of Radha Soami Satsang, Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Tehsil and District Amritsar, in full possession of my senses, and after giving most careful thought and consideration to all relevant matters, state that my private and personal property is situated in village Mehmansinghwala, Tehsil and District Ludhiana, and in villages Sikanderpur, Rasulpur Thehri, Kasan Khera and Durbi, Tehsil and Dist. Hissar, which I have already bequeathed by my will to my children who shall be absolute owners of all this property after me. There is a Satsang Char at Sirsa. Half of its land, which is towards the town, is religious property and the other half which is on the western side is the personal and private property of my son, Sardar Harbans Singh. The management and control of this Satsang Char in all respects shall remain in the hands of my children.

Besides the above-mentioned property, considerable religious property, movable and immovable, lands and buildings situated in Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, and in villages Balsarai and Varaich in Dist. Amritsar, and also cash and accounts in Banks are in my name, as also Satsang Chars with properties attached thereto in the towns and districts of Amritsar, Lahore, Cujranwala, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Montgomery, Multan, Lyallpur, in Nathia Cali and District Hazara, in the towns and Dists. of Sialkot and Dalhousie, in Chuman and other villages of Curdaspur District, in Sangla Hill, Jaranwala and Sheikhupura District, and in various places in the Districts of Hoshiarpur, Kangra and in the town and district of Jullundur, in Delhi, in Quetta (Baluchistan) and in Sindh, etc. etc., with which my children have no concern or connection. Since 1903-1904 I have been serving the Radha Soami Satsang as its Spiritual Head, but now I have reached the age of ninety years, and on account of old age cannot myself attend to all my duties wherefore I have appointed three committees, one of which is called the Managing

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Committee of which I shall be the President and Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh, retired Professor, Agricultural College, Lyalipur, the Vice President. I have also nominated the members of this Committee and their names are given in a separate note in English. All money matters shall be dealt with by this Committee and it shall also control and manage all the affairs connected with the Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and its properties and all the Satsang Ghars situated in various places, and all business transactions concerning the Radha Soami Satsang, Dera Baba Jaimal Singh.

Another Committee which I have appointed, called the Administrative Committee, shall consist of the workers of the Dera, their names and duties being given in the note referred to above. This Committee shall work in accordance with the instructions and under the control of the Managing Committee which shall have the authority to change the membership of the Administrative Committee by substitution, addition or reduction.

Besides these two Committees, another Committee called the General Advisory Committee has been set up-the names of its members being given in the note referred to above. All these three Committees shall work under my supervision and presidentship as long as I am alive. After me, Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh shall be the President of all these three committees, and all the above-mentioned religious properties shall be transferred to him, and mutated in his name in Government records. But this property shall not be considered his personal or private property.

I have made this arrangement during my life time in order to get free from worldly affairs and spend my time in meditation, and thus allow myself more rest and comfort. After me all this arrangement shall continue and all the three Committees shall continue functioning.

Dated 24-9-47
Sd.) SA WAN SINGH

(Sd.) Munshi Ram Retd. P.C.S.

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GREAT MASTER 'S WILL, 1948
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH OF THE LAST WILL OF THE GREAT MASTER MAHARAJ  BABA SAWAN SINGH JI

 Before this, wills concerning my private properties and that of Satsang properties, have been made by me, but up to this time I have not nominated any person to succeed me as the Gaddi Nasheen (Spiritual Head) of the Dera. So, now, in my full senses and with my free will, I do hereby appoint Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh, IYI.A., Retired Professor, Agricultural College, Lyallpur, as my successor at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and all the Satsangs connected with it. After me he will perform all the acts and duties that I have been performing so far.
 

In witness thereof, I made this will to be of use when needed.

Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Dated 20th March, 1948

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NOTE ON THE WILL BY DR. SCHMIDT

The testator, who is under my treatment, read this document twice himself in my presence and it was read over to him by his Secretary Lala Munshi Ram. The Testator Sardar Sawan Singh put his signature on it in my presence. I certify that he is at the time in full possession of his senses and signed it on his own free will.
 

WILL OF MAHARAJ SARDAR BAHADUR JAGAT SINGH JI DATED THE 22ND OCTOBER 1951

I, Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh, s/o Sardar Bhola Singh, caste Jat Sikh, Spiritual Head of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Tehsil and District Amritsar, do hereby declare

That I am seriously ill these days and there is no knowing how long I shall live, wherefore, being in full possession of my senses and of my own free will and consent, I make this Will.
 

That so long as I am alive, I shall be the absolute owner of the Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and all the properties appertaining thereto. After me, Sardar Charan Singh Grewal, s/o Sardar Harbans Singh Crewal, caste Jat Sikh, resident of Sikanderpur, Tehsil Sirsa, District Hissar, will be the Spiritual Head of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, and will be the sole and absolute owner of all properties, movable and immovable, cash, deposits in the Banks, and all the Satsang Chars attached to the Dera Baba Jaimal Singh in the same manner in which the late Baba Sawan Singh Ji and myself have been their owners. However, this Will will not affect in any way my personal and ancestral properties. Hence I have executed this Will to serve as a record of my intentions.

I also declare that Sardar Charan Singh will also hold Satsangs and bestow initiation as I had been doing.

(Sd.) JAGAT SINGH 22-10-1951

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SARDAR BAHADUR MAIIARAJ JI'S WILL, 1951

I certify that testator S. B. Jagat Singh has been for the last one month and still is under my treatment and that he is in the full possession of his senses at this time.

D/- 22nd October 1951

 Daryailal Kapur,

Ex-Finance Secretary

Kapurthala Government, at present at Dera.

22-10-1951

Laichand Dharmani, P.A.S., Agricultural Chemist II, Punjab, on leave at Dera.

Gurdial Singh, Notary Public, Jullundur, 22-10-51
 

TRUST DEED, 1957

TRUST DEED

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

Whereas the Radha Soami Satsang Beas was founded by Hazur Maharaj Sant Sat Guru Baba Jaimal Singh Ji who initiated a large number of persons in the tenets of Radha Soami Faith. Some property was acquired by him for the purpose of advancement of the said Mat. He was succeeded by Hazur Maharaj Sant Sat Guru Shri Sawan Singh Ji who initiated about two lacs of persons in the said tenets and out of the BHAINT developed and acquired more property. According to the tenets of the Radha Soami Faith Beas such property vests in the Sant Sat Guru of the Dera and he can deal with it as he likes. Hazur Maharaj Sant Sat Guru Shri Baba Sawan Singh Ji by his Wills bequeathed all such property (PARMARTHI PROPERTY) to Shri Hazur Maharaj Baba Jagat Singh Ji. He too developed and added some property and by his Will bequeathed the same to me. I and my predecessors have been using the income from the property and the property for the sole benefit of the Satsangis attached to the Radha Soami Colony (Satsang) Beas. The number of the Satsangis has, however, grown very large and it has become necessary to devote more and more time for their spiritual needs. I have decided to make certain arrangements for the management of the PARMARTHI PROPERTY which is vested in me and as a first step I hereby declare myself as the sole trustee of the following properties for the benefit of the aforesaid Satsangis, present and future:

LIST OF PROPERTIES

I. All the lands comprised in the abadi of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh situated in Village Waraich and Balsarai, Tehsil and District Amritsar,

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along with all the buildings, structures, wells, tube-wells, water-tanks, houses, tenements, grounds, workshops, roads, open spaces, trees, water pipes, store houses, Satsang Chars, pathways, water and electric connections, sheds, shops, library, dispensary, kitchens, which belong; to me or are under my management and control with all rights appurtenant thereto.

2. All the lands of every description, whether waste or agricultural, owned by me or under my management and control along with a share in Shamilat Deh as well as wells, tube-wells, buildings, structures, trees, pathways, roads, rights to irrigation channels and canal-water, situated in village of Balsarai and Waraich and Budha Theh as well as Wadala Kalan, Tehsil and district Amritsar.

3. The Satsang Ghar with the lands, trees, wells, grounds, houses, and all structures, situated on Majitha Road, Amritsar, with all rights of easement and canal water, etc. etc., appurtenant thereto belonging; to me.

4. All the lands, with trees, wells, buildings and other structures standing on them along with rights in Shamilat Deh, rights to irrigation and canal water and all rights appurtenant thereto belonging to me or under my control and management situated in the villages of Ghoman and Weela Bajju of Tehsil Batala, District Curdaspur.

5. The Satsang Chars at Paror, Tehsil Palampur and Bahota, Tehsil Hamirpur District Kangra with buildings, pathways, open spaces, quarters, trees and all lands and other rights appertaining to them bel9nging to me or under my management and control.

6. The lands with buildings known as Satsang Ghar belonging to me or under my control and management and situated at Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Ludhiana, Jullundur City, Karnal, Rohtak, Sirsa, Ambala Cantt., Meerut and Saharanpur and Satsang Bhawan, 7, Daryaganj, Delhi.

7. The Bungalow No. 109 with Its compound, trees and servahts' quarters and boundary wall situated at Church Road, Ferozepore Cantt. belonging to me.

8. All the lands situated at New Pusa Road, Delhi included in the areas of Khampur village, with all structures, trees, Water pipes and all rights appurtenant to the lands, and belonging to me.
 

9. The lands owned by me in Greater Bombay, and situated in Bandra, Bombay State.

10. The houses with their cQmpounds and lands appurtenant thereto, and trees, servants' quarters, kitchens, water and electric connections, rights of easement, pathways, etc. etc., situated at Dalhousie and known as Ellesmere, Cosy Nook and Holly Lodge Annexe which are my property.
 
11.. The lands, agricultural or otherwise, with houses, buildings, trees, pathways and shops and other structures, situated in villages Bret and Bhater at Kalu-Ki-Bar, Tehsil Una, District Hoshiarpur with rights in Shamilat Deh, wells and all other rights of every kind, which belong to me.

1 2. All Satsang Ghars with lands appurtenant thereto situated anywhere in the District of Amritsar, Curdaspur, or Hoshiarpur and belonging to me or under my control or management.
 

1 3. · The site of Satsang Ghar at Mandi (H. P.) along with all structures, water-channels, trees, plants, springs, waterpools, pathways,
rights of easement and irrigation, belonging to me.

14. A plot for Satsang at Ratlam with all rights appurtenant thereto.

15. A plot (No. 2) at Chandigarh belonging to me and situated in Sector 9-A.     33
 

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Diffusion of knowledge useful advancement according to the traditions Faith as propounded by the Sant Sat Guru (D era Baba Jaimal Singh).
for spiritual and moral and tenets of Radha Soami of Radha Soami Colony Beas
2. To provide and make arrangement for holding Satsangs (Religious Sermons) and Bhandaras at the Colony and other places.
3. To run a Langar (Kitchen for providing free meals) and lodgings for the Sadhus, Sewadars, Satsangis and others and to look after their comforts and needs.
4. To arrange for printing, publication, sale as well as dissemination of literature on Radha Soami Faith in India and abroad.

5. To run a hospital or dispensary at the said Colony.
6. To run a library and reading-room in the Colony.
7. To look after, manage, expand and develop the Radha Soami Colony Beas and Satsang Chars as well as other properties belonging to the Radha Soami Satsang Beas.

I shall have the right and power to transfer the same to other trustee or trustees who agree and are willing and prepared to carry out the objects of this trust.

In token whereof I hereby set my hand on this indenture as a declaration of trust, this twenty-fourth  (24th)day of October, 1957.
Under article 64 of the Indian Stamp Act, I have executed this deed on a stamp paper of Rs. 30/-.

(Sd.) CHARAN SINGH GREWAL
24-10-1957

Witness
(Sd.) Rao Sahib
Thakur Shiv Dhyan Singh
Pisawah Fort,
Distt. Aligarh

TRU5T DEED, 1957

This deed is presented by Shri Hazur Charan Singh Grewal Ji Maharaj ("The Executant") slo Sardar Harbans Singh Crewal, aged 41 years, Crewal Jat Sikh of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Tehsil and district Amritsar, regarding his immovable property in villages Baret and Bhatter at Kalu ki Bar in Thana Amb, Tehsil Una and at other places in India in the office of the Hony. Sub Registrar Una on Friday the 25th October  between 1-00 p.m. and 2-00 p.m. for Registration.

(Sd.) CHARAN SINGH GREWAL

The contents of this deed have been read by the Executant Shri Hazur Charan Singh Grewal Ji Maharaj, who admits them to be correct.

The Executant is known to me.

(Sd.) CHAR AN SINGH GREWAL 25-10-57

Note : The deed is signed by the Executant in my presence.

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Whereas I, S. Charan Singh Grewal, s/o S. Harbans Singh Grewal, Jat Sikh, resident of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Tehsil and District Amritsar, am a sole trustee by virtue of the registered trust deed dated 24-10-1957 of the properties described in the attached list and the aims and objects of the trust are the same as those of the registered Society named Radha Soami Satsang Beas.

And whereas the aforesaid registered Society lacks funds, property or income requisite to fulfil those aims and objects and I am desirous that the aims and objects of the trust should be pursued and carried out with undivided attenhon.

Now, therefore, I hereby transfer all these properties mentioned in the attached list and of which I am the sole trustee, in favour of the above mentioned Religious and Charitable Society as a trustee.

The Society shall, as a trustee, use, spend and utilize all these properties and their income as well as any other property or properties vvhich I may transfer to it from time to time and any property which the said Society may acquire, with my consent, hereafter from any source whatsoever, in the advancement, fulfilment and carrying out of these objects and purposes. The Society shall have the same rights and powers and authority as is vested in it by its Rules and Regulations.

LIST OF PROPERTIES

1. All the lands comprised in the abadi of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh situated in village Waraich and Balsarai, Tehsil and District Amritsar, alongwith all the buildings, structures, wells, tube-wells, water-tanks, houses, tenements, grounds, workshops, roads, open spaces, trees, water pipes, store houses, Satsang Ghars, pathways, water and electric

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connections, sheds, shops, library, dispensary, kitchens, which belong to me or are under my managenlent and control with all rights appurtenant thereto.

2. All the lands of every description whether waste or agricultural owned by me or under my management and control along with a share in Shamilat Deh as well as wells, tube-wells, buildings, structures, trees, pathways, roads, rights to irrigation channels and canal-water, situated in village of Balsarai and Waraich and Budha Theh as well as Wadala Kalan, Tehsil and District Amritsar.

3. The Satsang Ghar with the lands, trees, wells, grounds, houses, and all structures situated on Majitha Road, Amritsar, with all rights of easement and canal water, etc. etc., appurtenant thereto belonging to me.

4. All the lands, with trees, wells, buildings and other structures standing on them along with rights in Shamilat Deli, rights to irrigation and canal water and all rights appurtenant thereto belonging to me or under my control and management situated in the villages of Choman and Weela Bajju of Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur.

5. The Satsang Ghars at Paror, Tehsil Palampur and Bahota, Tehsil Hamirpur, District Kangra with buildings, pathways, open spaces, quarters, trees and all lands and other rights appertaining to them belonging to me or under my management and control.

6. The land with buildings known as Satsang Ghar belonging to me
or under my control and management and situated at Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Ludhiana, Jullundur City, Karnal, Rohtak, Sirsa, Ambala Cantt., Meerut and Saharanpur and Satsang Bhawan, 7, Daryagani, Delhi.

7. The Bungalow No. 109 with its compound, trees and servants' quarters and boundary wall situated at Church Road, Ferozepore Cantt. belonging to me.

8. All the lands situated at New Pusa Road, Delhi, included in the areas of Khampur village, with all structures, trees, water pipes and all rights appurtenant to the lands, and belonging to me.
 

9. The lands owned by me in Greater Bombay, and situated in Bandra, Bombay State.

10. The houses with their compounds and lands appurtenant thereto, and trees, servants' quarters, kitchens, water and electric connections, rights of easement, pathways, etc. etc., situated at Daihousie and known as Eljesmere, Cosy Nook and Holly Lodge Annexe which are my property.

11. The lands, agricultural or otherwise, with houses, buildings, trees, pathways and shops and other structures, situated in villages Bret and Bhater at Kalu-Ki-Bar Tehsil Una, District Hoshiarpur with rights in Shamilat Deb, wells and all 6ther rights of every kind, which belong to me.

1 2. All Satsang Ghars with lands appurtenant thereto situated anywhere in the district of Amritsar, Curdaspur and Hoshiarpur and belonging to me or under my control or management.

1 3. The site of the Satsang Ghar  at Mandi (H.P.) along with all structures, water-channels, trees, plants, springs, waterpools, pathways, rights of easement and irrigation, belonging to me.

14. A plot for Satsang at Ratlam with all rights appurtenant thereto.

15. A plot (No. 2) at Chandigarh belonging to me and situated in Sector 9-A.

In token whereof I hereby set my hand on this indenture as a transfer by one trustee to another this twenty-fifth (25th) day of October,1957.

A stamp of Rs. 7/8 under article 62 of the Indian Stamp Act has been used.

(Sd.) CHARAN SINGH GREWAL

25-10-57

Witness

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CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION, 1957

'I'

I hereby certify that "Radha Soami Sat Sang Beas"

The Registrar of Companies Punjab

Given under my hand at Jullundur this 11th day of October, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-seven.

Fee Charged Rs. 50.00 (Rupees Fifty only)
 
 

(personal signature)

REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

PUNJAB & HIMACHAL PRADESH

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RADHA SOAMI SATSANG BEAS SOCIETY, 1957

1. The Society shall be called Radha Soami Satsang Beas.

2. The Registered Office of the Society shall be at Radha Soami Colony Beas, District Amritsar, provided that the office may be shifted to any other place convenient for the purposes, if a resolution to that effect is introduced with the permission in writing of the Patron and is passed at a special meeting of the Society with not less than 2/3rd majority of votes of the members present.

The objects of the Society are as follows:-

2. To provide and make arrangement for holding Satsangs (religious sermons) and Bhandaras at the Colony and other places.
 
3. To run a Langar (kitchen for providing free meals) and lodgings for the Sadhus, Sewadars, Satsangis and others and to look after their needs.
 
4. To arrange for the printing, publication, sale as well as dissemination of literature on Radha Soami Faith in India.
 
5. To establish and/or run a hospital and/or dispensary at or near the said Colony.
 

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6. To run a library and reading room in the Colony

7. To look after, manage, expand and develop the Radha Soami Colony Beas and Satsang Ghars as well as other properties belonging to the Society.

8. The Society by its unanimous Resolution in Special Meeting convened for tile purpose and with the approval of the Patron in writing, may add any one or more like objects and amend or alter any of the above mentioned objects.

9. The names, addresses and occupations of the Governing Body described in the Rules as, "Executive Committee Radha Soami Satsang Beas" are as under :-

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
 
 

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3. (i) There shall be a Patron of the Society, and S ant Sat Gurti Shri Charan Singh Ji Maharaj will be the first Patron.
 
    (ii) If any successor is nominated by the said Patron as Sant Sat
Guru he shall succeed him as a Patron after him. The Sant
Sat Guru who succeeds him would have similar powers of
nominati6n and so will his successor and so on.
 
    (iii) If no successor is nominated by the Sant Sat Guru for the time being then the rnernbers of the Society unanimously may elect, as its Patron , a person, who has been duly initiated by a Sant Sat Guru of the Radha Soami Colony, Beas.
 

    (iv) If the members are not unanimous, the adult male lineal descendants of Shri Hazur Sant Sat Guru Shri Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj who may be alive at that time as well as the members of the Society may elect by 2/3rd majonty of the votes a member of the Society as its Patron.
 
    (v) In the event of there being no Patron for the time being, his powers and functions shall vest in the Chairman of the
 

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Executive Committee till a Patron is appointed in accordance with tile rules and any act done by the Chairman in exercise of the powers of the Patron shall be valid and lawful as if it had been done by a Patron.

4. (i) There shall be a roll of members and the members subscribing the memorandum shall sign the same and any person who is admitted to membership according to rules and regulations of the Society shall sign the roll of members and shall thereupon have all the rights of a member

(ii) There shall be no subscription payable by any member.

(iii) There shall ordinarily be 11 members of the Society including the Patron but the Patron may in his discretion add and nominate a member or members not exceeding six in number and on nomination these members will have the same rights as other members.

(iv) A member shall hold office during his life time unless he ceases to be a member earlier as provided hereafter.

(v) A member but not the Patron who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Society shall cease to be a member unless he is exempted from attending the meetings by the Executive Committee.

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(vi) If the activities of any member are harmful to the interest of the Society or the same are not in accordance with the tenets of Radha Soami faith or he has become physically or mentally incapable of carrying on his duties he may be removed by a resolution passed in an ordinary General Meeting of the Society by majority of votes. The member so removed may, however, within a month of the intimation of the resolution appeal to the Patron and his decision shall be final. The Patron, however, cannot be removed by the Society.

(vii) Any member may resign his membership from the Society but he shall continue to be a member till his resignation is accepted by the Secretarv of the Executive Committee.

(viii) In case of there being any vacancy for any reason whatsoever the Patron of the Society may nominate another Satsangi in his place.

(ix) Quorum for a General or Annual General Meeting shall be seven and for special meeting nine.

5. The Society shall have a Govermng body called Executive Committee Radha Soami Satsang Beas, consisting of five members.

A member of the Executive Committee shall hold office for a period of three years.

6. (i) There shall be held an Annual General Meeting of the Society in the fiirst fortnight of April every year.
 

(ii) After every three years the Patron shall nominate one of themembers of the Society to be Secretary. The Secretary will choose the other 4 members and one of them will be

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nominated as the Chairman of Executive Committee, by the Patron. The Secretary of the Executive Committee shall be the Secretary of the Society also. But the Chairman of the Society will be elected by majority of votes by the members of the Society and he shall continue to be the Chairman of the Society for three years.

(iii) The Chairman; Secretary and member of the Executive Committee may be removed by the Society by a resolution passed by a 2/3rd majority of the members present at a General Meeting. The Patron, however, may remove any one of them from his office at any time. Any member or office holder removed by the Society shall- have the right to appeal to the' Patron whose decision shall be final.

(iv) In case of the death of any member of the Executive Committee or on his ceasing to be a member by resignation or otherwise, the Secretary may nominate a member from amongst the members of the Society. But the vacancy of the Secretary or the Chairman in the Executive Committee shall always be filled by the Patron from among the members of the Society.

for members of the Executive Committee, and at least three members shall permanently reside in the Colony, but the Patron may dispense with this obligation in the case of any member of, the Committee.

(vi) In case of any vital difference between the Executive Committee and the Society on  matters of general policy, the Patron's wishes  shall be respected.

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7. Besides the Annual General Meeting, ordinary General Meetings of the Society may be called by the Secretary at any time at one month's notice.

8. The Special meeting of the Society will be called on one month's notice with the permission of the Patron. In the notice calling a special meeting the matter to be discussed must be specifically mentioned.
But any other matter which can be considered at a general meeting may be considered at such a meeting with the permission of the Chairman of the Society.

9. (i) Notices of the meeting shall be served either by hand or sent by post at the last known address of the members and the same will be considered sufficient service.

(ii) A special meeting of the Society may be called at the written request of any member with the previous permission of the Patron.

10. (i) The property movable and immovable belonging to the Society shall vest in the Executive Committee and in all proceedings civil and criminal may be described as the property of the Executive Committee.

(ii) The Society through its Executive Committee shall manage, possess,  acquire and dispose of movable and immovable  property belonging to the Society. The Secretary or any other member specially authorized by the Secretary in this behalf may acquire property on behalf of the Society.

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(iv) The Society through the Sec retary or any other person authorized by the Executive Committee shall have the right to accept all property as may be dedicated to it by the Patron and contributions made to it by any person.

(v) The Society will maintain, manage and develop land, houses, movable and immovable properties situated in Radha Soami Colony Beas as well as the property which has been or may be dedicated to the Society from time to time by the Sant Sat Guru or otherwise belong to it and see to their proper use and application to the objects of the Society.

(vi) The lands of the Radha Soami  Colony are primarily meant for expansion of theRadha, Soami Colony but till then the Society may use them for agricultural purposes and apply the produce or income to the objects of the Society.

(vii) (a) No part of the assets of the Society shall be used for purposes other than those mentioned above. The Executive Committee may however with the written permission of the Patron, dispose of any immovable property by sale or exchange or any other manner.

(b) The expenses of any legal proceedings of any kind in any court, Government Office, or Local Body against the Patron or Secretary shall be borne by the Society.

(c) The sale-deed or deed of transfer shall be executed on behalf of the Society by the Secretary or any member of the Society as may be authorized by the Secretary in this behalf.

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property situated at Radha Soami Colony Beas and elsewhere and to the Satsangs arranged by it and to turn out any undesirable person from the same.

(b) The Secretary or any person authorized by him may turn out any person deemed undesirable.

(c) The Patron may from time to time send a list of Sadhus and Sewadars to the Secretary.
 
If the presence of any Sadhu or Sewadar in the premises of the Colony or the Satsang is deemed undesirable, the Secretary may report the matter to the Patron and if the Patron so directs he may be turned out of the Colony or Satsang by the Secretary or any person authorized by him.
 

(i) The cash of the Society will ordinarily be kept in a Scheduled Bank, Post Office Saving Bank in the name of the Society, and the Secretary of the Society as well as the Patron individually shall Operate the accounts. Any particular account may with the permission of the Secretary be operated by any member of the Executive Committee. Surplus money may, however, be invested in stock and securities or in any other form of investment as may be approved by the Patron. The Secretary of the Society, however, may

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keep enough cash with him to meet day to day and other necessary expenses of the Society. Both the Patron and the Secretary shall have the power, individually, to sign, endorse, negotiate and give effectual discharge on Government Securities, Post Office Cash Certificates, Negotiable and other instruments - as well as banking accounts in the name of the Society.

(ia) In case of Branch Satsang Centres, the accounts in respect of these may be operated by one or more persons authorized by the Executive Committee but the accounts shall be opened in the name of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.

(ii) Offerings made by followers of the Radha Soami faith as propounded by Sant Satgurus  of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh in pursuance of the traditions and tenets of the faith be received by the Society for the objects of the Society.

1 2. No member of the Society shall be paid any remuneration but actual travelling expenses may be paid, if so desired by him.
 

13. The Executive Committee shall also annually submit a report about the activities of the Society and submit an account of its financial position together with the annual statement of accounts to the annual general meeting. The members may discuss the same in the meeting and may give directions for the future guidance of the Executive Committee.

14. A copy of the report and the statement and the proceedings of every meeting shall be sent by the Secretary to the Patron.

15. The Executive Committee will have the power to incur expenses in connection with the management of the property and other affairs of the Society and may by its resolution delegate the powers of

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 16. The Executive Committee shall within 14 days of the holding of the annual general meeting of the Society file a list with the Registrar of the Joint Stock Companies of the names, addresses and occupations of the members of the Executive Committee.

1 7. The Executive Committee may refer any matter within its competence for, decision to the general meeting of the Society and the same may then be decided in the general meeting.

1 8. Any member of the Society may also refer any matter relating to the activities of the Committee for consideration of the general meeting to the Secretary who shall send a copy of the matter referred to the Patron and include it in the agenda of the general meeting and the general meeting will then decide the same provided that the Patron may disallow the matter to be included in the agenda of the meeting.

19. The Secretary may keep paid officers and  staff for purposes of managing the affairs of the Society.

 20. Unless otherwise provided the Secretary may act on behalf of the Executive Committee in all routine matters.

 21. If at any time the members are of the opinion that the Society may be dissolved, an intimation that a resolution to this effect is to be moved must be given to the Patron at least two months before the date of meeting in which such resolution is to be moved. The Patron may if he so desires then form another Society and the Society would then dissolve itself and transfer its assets to the Society so framed.
 

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2 2. The Executive Committee may frame by-laws for the carrying out of the above mentioned objects and purposes. These shall be submitted for approval in the ordinary or annual general meeting of the Society which will have the power to amend the same.

23. (a) The Patron, if he so desires, will be provided with free furnished residence in the Colony and at some hill station which shall be maintained by the Society at its expense.

(b) The Secretary shall provide conveyance/conveyances for the use of the Patron and shall also provide such personal staff including a Personal Assistant as may be, necessary to the Patron for carrying on his spiritual activities.

The selection of the Personal Assistant and the staff shall, however, be made by the Patron. The Secretary shall look after the needs and comforts of the staff and the Personal Assistant.

(c) The Secretary shall make arrangement for correspondence with the Satsangis and other people making enquiries from the Sant Sat Guru, under his directions.

(d) The Satsangs shall be held at such times and places as may be desired by the Sant Sat Guru from time to time.

(e) In the absence of the Sant Sat Guru from the Colony the daily Satsangs will be arranged in accordance with the directions of the Sant Sat Guru by the Secretary or such other member as may be authorized by him in this behalf.

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connection therewith shall be borne by the Society interalia with respect to the following matters:-

(i) Such persons as may be desired by Sant Sat Guru shall accompany him.

(ii) Make arrangements for the conveyance, board andlodging of the Sant Sat Guru and the party accompany mg the Sant Sat Guru.

(iii) Make arrangements for holding Satsang and regulating the admission thereto.

24. The Secretary shall look after the various Satsangs and the Satsang branches at various places and shall provide such financial aid as he may consider necessary from time to time. He may for this purpose nominate one or more persons to look after the arrangements of the branches of the Satsang and Satsang Ghars at places outside Radha Soami Colony Beas. These persons so nominated shall work under the directions of the Secretary.
 

2 5. The Society may carry on its activities at any place in India.
 

(a) The Sant Guru or the Patron of the Society may:

(i) appoint a Presiding Officer or other officers to carry on such activities.

(ii) authorize such Presiding Officer or such other officers to function in a manner as may be deemed expedient for the purpose.

(iii) authorize such Presiding Officer or such other officers to take steps for implementation of his directions for the achievement of the objects of the Society.

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(iv) accept resignation of such Presiding Officer or such other officers. He may delegate this authority to the Society.

(v) authorize Satsangis of Radha Soami Satsang Beas to run its affairs in a manner so as to attain the said objects.

(b) The Sant Sat Guru or the Patron may fill the vacancy in the office of such Presiding Officer or any other officer or accept his resignation or direct him to resign, but if there is no Sant Sat Guru or Patron for the time being or if he so directs, the Executive Committee may fill, the vacancy or accept or demand the resignation.

(c) The Spiritual affairs of the, foreign Satsangis will be the sole concern of the Sant Sat Guru. He may, for that purpose, appoint his personal Representative to look after their spiritual welfare and may remove him or fill the vacancy as he may like from time to time.

26. (i) The Secretary shall make arrangements for the publication and sale of such books as the Sant Sat Guru may direct, including books the copyright of which vests in the Sant Sat Guru.

(ii) The Sant Sat Guru has graciously desired that no royalty be paid to him in respect of publication and sale of the books the copyright of which vests in him. But the Society may, if so required by the Sant Sat Guru for the time being pay such royalty, as may be mutually agreed, to the Sant Sat Guru if so desired by him.

27. The Secretary may appoint one or more persons as Bhandari of the Langar. The Bhandari will keep Registers showing all the stocks received and used in the Langar day to day.
 

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28. The Executive Committee may from time to time build residential quarters and allot the same to Satsangis on the terms and conditions contained in Form X annexed hereto.

29. The Secretary or any person  authorized by him shall manage the library and reading room in the Radha Soami Colony Beas.

30. The Secretary will manage the dispensary and shall arrange and provide the required staff for running the dispensary in the Radha Soami Colony Beas.

3 1. The Secretary shall maintain a Guest House for visitors. The Patron may intimate the names of any persons to the Secretary who shall then make arrangements for their board and lodging in the Guest House.

32. The Rules and Regulations may be altered, amended or deleted or added to in a Special Meeting of the Society.
 

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FORM X (See Rule 28)

RADHA SOAMI SATSANG BEAS
 
 

 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ALLOTMENT

2. (a) The Satsangi shall be required to deposit by way of security such sum of money as the Executive Committee may decide.

(b) The allotee shall maintain the quarter in as good condition as allotted to him/her.

(c) The security shall be refundable to the depositor or to the depositor's nominee on surrender or return of the quarter or on the termination of the allotment as provided hereunder subject to a deduction for any damage to the property which shall be evaluated or determined by the Executive Committee.

(d) The Secretary may at any time require the allottee to vacate the premises allotted to him/her when the Executive Committee is of the opinion that the allottee or his nominee is not living according to the teachings or traditions of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas or that his/her activities are prejudicial to or not subservient to the interest of the Society. The allottee shall be given one month's time to quit the premises and hand over vacant possession.

(e) The Security deposit shall not carry any interest and the interest earned therefrom shall be received by the Society by way of compensation to be utilised for the Objects of the Society.

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3. (a) The allotment shall endure for the life time of the licensee.

(b) The allottee may nominate one or more of his/her heirs, who may be accepted as allottee in his/her place after the death of the allottee and the Society shall, if it approves of such person, grant a fresh allotment to such person; the allotment will be against the same old security deposit.

(c) If the allottee dies, the allotment shall come to an end as provided in clause (a) but the Society shall favourably consider applications by an heir/heirs of the allottee to be substituted as allottee in place of the deceased provided such applicants are Satsangi initiates of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The Society shall also have the right or power to grant the allotment in favour of any one or more heirs of the deceased to the exclusion of others; the allotment will be against the same old consideration or security deposit and on the same terms and conditions.

(d) In cases where no nominee, or heir or other person mentioned in clause (c) is substituted as allottee, the Society shall return the security deposit or part thereof to such person as the Executive Committee may determine entitled to it.

(e) The allotment is granted to enable the Satsangi to live in the quarter allotted and to carry on his/her 'Sadhna' and it shall not be used by the allottee for any other purpose, nor shall he/she allow the quarters to be used by any person other than the members of his/her family without the permission of the Society.

(f) All acts to be performed by the Society, may on its behalf be performed by the Executive Committee, through the Secretary.

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(g) No alteration additions in or partition of the quarter will be permitted without the written permission of the Executive Committee through its Secretary.

(h) In no case, the allottee will be permitted to engage into any trade, business, shop or manufacturing etc. in his quarter which is to be used solely for residential purposes.

(i) The allottee will not be allowed to rent out the quarter or any part of it.

(j)  All allotments will be for the entire quarter as a single unit and portions of quarter will not be allotted to different entities.

(k) If the allottee or an heir or any other person is aggrieved by the decision of the Executive Committee or Society  he/she may appeal to the Patron and decision of the Patron shall be final and binding on the Society and the person concerned. Such orders or decisions shall not be questioned in a Court of Law.

FORM X: ALLOTMENT FORM

RADHA SOAMI SATSANG BEAS

Allotment No. .....................

This allotment is subject to the rules and bye-laws of the Society and any alterations and amendments inade therein in future, will also be binding on the said Allottee.

(P.O.) Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Via Beas (Dist. Amritsar)
 
 

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M.S.S. CHARITABLE HOSPITAL

MAHARAJ SAWAN SINGH CHARITABLE HOSPITAL,
G. T. ROAD, BEAS
 

In order to meet the dire need for medical care of the general population, Hazur Maharaj Ji has set in motion a comprehensive plan for the construction of a large, suitably equipped hospital. The site for this vast complex is near the Dera, at Beas, on the G. T. Road
between Amritsar and Jullundur, easily accessible by all public transport.

Hazur Maharaj Ji conceived the idea of the Maharaj Sawan Singli Charitable Hospital as a permanent medical centre to supplement the now famous and very successful annual eye camp, first organized at the Dera in 1965.  This large-scale eye camp was initiated to alleviate the suffering of cataract and other eye-disease victims, whose numbers increase alarmingly as the years go by. Since most of the afflicted are unable to afford medical costs and often come from areas where there are no proper medical facilities; they are condemned to a state of blindness for the rest of their life without hope of relief.

Although the number of patients admitted and treated for cataracts at the Dera Eye Camps has now reacbed a total of over 22,000 starting with 950 in 1965 and increasing to 2,505 in 1980, thousands are of necessity refused each year, a matter which is of grave concern to Hazur Maharaj Ji. It is this pressing need for yet more skilled medical attention and bed space that led to the idea of the new hospital project, which was launched early in 1980 after the purchase of 35 acres of land had been successfully negotiated.

In a short speech made at the hospital site by Hazur Maharaj Ji while delivering Satsang there on March 23, 1980, He disclosed His orginal motivation for embarking on this venture:

Before the start of the Satsang, l should like to say a few words about the site on which the Satsang is being held today. On this

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land the Dera Society has started the construction of a 300-bed hospital in the blessed memory of Hazur Maharaj Ji. The project will cost us nearly 40 million rupees. In this hospital, everyone will get free treatment whether one is a satsangi or a non-satsangi. It will be completed in about three years' time.

It was in the year 1965 when at the insistence of Bhua Rali (Bibi Rali) an Eye Camp was first organized in the Dera. In that camp, 1250 free eye operations were performed. Since then, every year we have been holding an Eye Camp in which approximately 2500 eye operations have been performed.

But despite this, five to six thousand patients have to go disappointed every year because of obvious camp limitations. Their plight had been weighing on my mind and I have always been thinking about those poor people who are thus denied service. Consequently I conceived the idea of having a permanent hospital where, apart from the eye operations, other diseases could be treated free and with care and sympathy. My request was accepted by the Dera Society. It then approached the Military Authorities and the Punjab Government for the purchase of land at a suitable site. We owe our thanks to them for having enabled us eventually to obtain 35 acres of land at the site which is ideally located. The construction work has now been going on for the last two months.

For running the Hospital, a separate Charitable Society-Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society-has been registered. It will meet the annual recurring expense which is likely to range between forty to fifty lakhs of rupees (four to five million) a year.

With the Grace of Hazur Maharaj Ji, the sangat will have enough opportunities to serve the suffering humanity.

After offering a prayer for Great Master's blessing at the site in January, 1980, Hazur Maharaj Ji gave the signal for the excavation of the foundation trenches of the hospital building. For this purpose, Hazur

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Maharaj Ji had assembled about a hundred sewadars from the villages of Ghuman, Muktsar and Veela Bajju. Dedicated to the service of all people, regardless of distinction of caste, creed, colour or sex, tile hospital will in all probability, with Hazur's infinite grace, be completed in three years' time. Owing to the escalating costs of labour and materials, the original estimate for building and running the hospital has been increased.

The Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital will be manned by a team of highly qualified and experienced doctors. Both they, the para-medical staff, and other skilled and unskilled employees will be housed in a well laid-out residential colony planned to provide all necessary amenities. Visiting doctors, both Indian and foreign, who would like to serve in the hospital for short periods, will also be provided with residential accommodation.

As well as extensive housing for staff, the hospital complex will encompass a Seral or inn for the relatives and dependents accompanying the patients. Separated from the main block by a 60 feet wide road and including all necessary facilities, the Serai will have a capacity of about 450 people. For this special purpose, which distinguishes the Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital from most private hospitals, the Society purchased seven acres of land from the Punjab Government.

The hospital project has aroused great interest and enthusiasm among satsangis, many of whom are eager to come forward to assist with all aspects of its construction.

The management of the Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital, as outlined in Hazur Maharaj Ji's speech, will be entrusted to a separate society-the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society-which has been specifically formed for this purpose. In this way, the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society can continue to give full attention to its main purpose and activity, the spiritual uplift of the people.
 

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I hereby certify that Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, 'Beas' has this day been registered under the
Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and as amended by Punjab Amendment Act 1957.
 

Given under my hand at Chandigarh this 2nd day of November One thousand Nine hundred and Seventy Eight.

(seal)

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RELIEF SOCIETY, BEAS

I. The name of the Society shall be 'Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas'.

II. The Registered Office of the Society shall be situated in the State of Punjab.

III. The objects of the Society to be followed on incorporation shall be:

(i) To acquire, establish, run, give assistance, financial or otherwise, in establishing and/or running hospitals, medical institutions, dispensaries, ambulances and nature cure clinics in India for providing medical relief by the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness or mental defectiveness or by the reception and treatment of persons during convalescence, or of persons requiring medical attention or rehabilitation, existing solely for philanthropic purposes and not for purposes of profit.

(2) To establish, run, assist in establishing or running Pathological Laboratories equipped with scientific equipments; to provide assistance, financial or otherwise to individuals for diagnosis and treatment of their diseases in a specialised hospital or through a specialised agency.

(3) To establish/run or assist mobile dispensaries and to organise/ assist camps in rural areas for providing medical relief to needy persons irrespective of caste, colour and creed.

(4) To promote medical research centres for the advancement of medical facilities in India.

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V. We, the undersigned, are desirous of forming a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Punjaji) Amendment Act 1957) as extended to the State of Punjab in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association :-
 

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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF

MAHARAJ JAGAT SINGH MEDICAL RELIEF SOCIETY, BEAS

1. DEFINITIONS:

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(i) The SOCIETY means, MAHARAJ JAGAT SINGH MEDICAL RELIEF SOCIETY, BEAS.

(ii) The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE means Executive Committeeof Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas.

(iii) PATRON means Patron of Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas

(iv) PRESIDENT means President of Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas

(v) CHAIRMAN means Chairman of Executive Committee of Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas.

(vi) SECRETARY means the Secretary of the Executive Committee of Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas, who shall be the Secretary of the Society, also.

(vii) MEMBER means a Member admitted as such under these rules.

2. GENERAL BODY AND MEMBERSHIP :

(i) The General Body of Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Society, Beas shall ordinarily be composed of 11 members including

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the Patron. The Patron may in his discretion nominate  additional members not exceeding 6 persons who shall have the same rights as other members.

(ii) There shall be a roll of members and the members subscribing the Memorandum shall sign the same and any person who is admitted to membership according to Rules and Regulations of the Society shall sign the roll of members and shall thereupon have all the rights of a member.

        (iv) A member shall hold the office of the member during his life time unless he
          ceases  to be a member earlier as provided hereinafter.

(v) The membership of any member, excluding the Patron, canbe terminated by a resolution passed by a majority of votes at a general meeting of the Society under any of the following circumstances:-

                    (a) where the member resigns from the membership;

(b) where the member becomes physically, mentally or legally incapable of carrying out his duties as a member;

(c) where he fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Society or of Executive Committee, unless he is exempted from attending the meetings by the Patron;

(d) where the activities of the member are considered detrimental to the interests of the Society.

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(vi) In case of there being any vacancy for any reason whatsoever the Patron of the Society may nominate any person as a member. On nomination he shall have the same rights as any other member of the Society.

3. PATRON:

(i) There shall be a Patron of the Society and Sant Satguru Shri Charan Singh Ji Maharaj of Radha Soami Satsang Beas shall be the first Patron for life.

(ii) If any successor is nominated by the first Patron as Sant Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, he shall succeed him as a Patron after him. The Sant Satguru who succeeds him would have similar powers of nomination and so will his successor and so on.

(iii) In case no successor is nominated by the Patron, then the powers of Patron shall vest in the President of the Society until any other person is elected as Patron.

(iv) A person shall be elected as a Patron, if the 3/4th majority of the members of the Society shall favour such appointment.

4. PRESIDENT:

(i) There shall be a President of the Society, who shall be elected by the members of the Society at annual general meeting for a term of three years.

(ii) In case of any vacancy in the office of President, a member shall be elected as President by general body by simple majority for a period of three years.

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(i) The Executive Committee of the Society shall consist of five members.

(ii) A member of Executive Committee shall hold the office for a period of three years.

(iii) After expiry of the term of three years, the Patron shall nominate one of the members of the Society to be Secretary. The Secretary shall choose four other members of the Society to form the Executive Committee.

(iv) One of the four members chosen by the Secretary to form the Executive Committee shall be nominated as Chairman of the Executive Committee by the Patron of the Society.

(v) The Chairman, Secretary and the Member of the Executive Committee may be removed by the Society by passing a resolution with 2/3rd majority at a general meeting. The Patron, however, may remove any one of them from office at any time. Any member or office bearer removed by the Society shall have the right to appeal to the Patron whose decision shall be final.

(vi) In case of any vacancy for any reason whatsoever, the Secretary may nominate any member to the Executive Committee. But the vacancy in the office of Chairman or Secretary shall always be filled by the Patron in accordance with sub rules (iii) and (iv) above.

(vii) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the first Executive Committee shall be composed as specified in the Memorandum of Association and shall function as such until the first annual general meeting to be called in pursuance of these rules.

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6. RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

(i) All properties, movable or immovable or of any other kind belonging to the Society shall vest in the Executive Committee and in all proceedings, civil or criminal, may be described as the property of Executive Committee.

(ii) The Executive Committee, subject to the rules and regulations of the Society, shall have such powers and shall perform all such functions as are necessary or proper for the achievement or in furtherance of the object of the Society.

(iii) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Executive Committee shall have the following rights and powers

(a) to acquire by gift, donation, purchase, exchange, lease or otherwise, lands, buildings and other immovable properties together with all rights appertaining thereto;

(b) to construct and maintain buildings including rights to alter or improve them and to equip them suitably;

(c) to sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of any immovable property of the Society with the permission of the Patron;

(d) to gift any movable or immovable properties to any charitable society/institution for medical relief;

(e) to accept the management of any hospital or institution for medical relief with prior approval of the Society;

(f) to raise funds for the Society by gifts, donations, etc.;

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(g) to maintain, manage, develop land, buildings and other immovable properties of the Society;

(h) to assign from time to time such functions and duties and delegate such powers as it may deem fit to the Chairman, Secretary or any Member of the Society;

(i) to defray expenses of any legal proceedings against the Patron, Secretary or other office bearers or authorised persons and keep them indemnified;
(j) to perform all such acts and do such things as may be necessary for the proper management of the properties and affairs of the Society.
 

(iv) The Executive Committee shall submit annually a report about the activities of the Society and also submit an account of its financial position together with annual statement of accounts to the annual general meeting. The members may discuss the same in the meeting and may give directions for the future guidance of the Executive Committee.

(v) A copy of the annual report and the statement of accounts and the proceedings of every meeting shall be sent by the Secretary to the Patron.

7. POWERS, DUTiES AND RIGHTS OF THE OFFICE BEARERS

(i) The Chairman of the Executive Committee shall be responsible to conduct the affairs of the Society within the framework of Memorandum of Association and subject to the Rules and Reguations of the Society. In general, he shall be responsible to regulate the functions of the Society so as to achieve the objects for which the Society is incorporated.

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(ii) (a) The Secretary shall be responsible for the whole of the office work of the Society and implementation of the policies laid down by the Society and Executive Committee subject to the control and supervision of the Executive Committee and in consultation with the Chairman. In this process he may engage paid officers also.

(b) The Secretary shall keep the accounts of income and expenditure of the Society and shall be accountable to the Executive Committee and the Patron. He shall submit detailed statement of accounts as and when he may be called upon to do so.

(c) The Secretarv shall be empowered to spend up to a sum of Rs.50,000/- in a month for the purposes of the Society. However, Patron's permission shall be required for an expenditure exceeding Rs. 50,000/- in a month.

(d) The Sale Deed/Purchase Deed or Deeds of Transfer shall be executed on behalf of the Society by the Secretary or any Member of the Society as may be authorised by the Secretary in this behalf.

(iii) In the case of any vital difference between the Executive Committee and the Society on matters of general policy, the Patron's wishes shall be respected.

8. MEETINGS:

(i) Place:

All meetings of the general body or Executive Committee shall be held at the Registered Office of the Society or at

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such other place in India as the Executive Committee may decide.

(ii) Number of meetings

The General Body shall meet at least once in a year and this meeting will be called as Annual General Meeting. This meeting will be called in the first fortnight of April every year.

The Meeting of the General Body may be called at the written request of any member with the previous permission of the Patron/President and such a meeting shall be known as Extra-Ordinary General Meeting.

The Executive Committee shall meet at least once in three months or as often as may be necessary to transact the business.

(iii) Convening of the meetings:

The Secretary or any officer duly authorised by the Executive Committee shall be entitled to convene the meetings of the general body.

The meetings of the Executive Committee shall be convened by the Secretary whenever he may deem necessary.

(iv) Notice for the meetings:

(a) There shall be 30 days' clear notice for meetings of the General Body.

(b) There shall be 7 days' clear notice for meetings of the Executive Committee. This notice can be shorter, if the members of the Executive Committee so agree unanimously.

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(c) Notices of the meetings shall be served either by hand or sent by post at the last known address of the members and the same shall be considered sufficient service.

(d) The notices calling General Meeting, whether Annual or extra-ordinary, shall mention specifically the matter to be discussed at the meeting. But other matters can be discussed with the permission of the President of the Society.

(v) Quorum for the meetings:

(a) Two-third members personally present shall form the quorum for Annual General meeting and three-fourth members personally present shall form the quorum for extra-ordinary general meeting.

(b) Three members personally present shall form the quorum for meetings of the Executive Committee.

(vi) Nature of business to be transacted at meetings
 

(a) General Body:

The General Body shall meet to transact the following business:-

(i) Consideration of Annual Report and accounts submitted by the Executive Committee and to give necessary directions for future guidance of the Executive Committee.

(ii) Appointment of Auditors.

(iii) Framing the policy for Executive Committee.

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(iv) Consideration of any other matter placed by a member before the meeting of General Body if a notice for raising the matter at the meeting has been given by the member not less than seven clear days' before the date of General Body meeting.

(b) Executive Committee:

The Executive Committee shall meet to transact the following business:

(i) Consideration of reports placed by the Secretary about the activities of the Society.

(ii) Formulation and implementation of policies in accordance with the directions of General Body, if any, and objects of the Society.

(vii) Chairman of the Meetings:

The President shall preside at all meetings of the General Body. If there is no President, then the members present shall choose any one of them to act as the Acting President for presiding. The Chairman of the Executive Committee shall preside over the meeting of Executive Committee. In his absence, any other member of Executive Committee will be elected as Chairman of the particular meeting.

(viii) Decision of matters:

All matters at the meeting of General Body and Executive Committee shall be decided by majority of votes unless otherwise provided herein elsewhere. In case of equality of votes, the President or the Chairman, as the case may be,

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shall have the casting vote. However, the matter pertaining to the charge, disposal or otherwise transferring of the property of the Society on the winding up shall be decided by 3/4th majority of members on rolls for the time being.

The Executive Committee may dispose of urgent matters by circulation of resolution, if desired by the Secretary.

In case of any vital difference between the Executive Committee and General Body on matters of general policies, the Patron 's wishes shall be respected.

9. FUNDS, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT:

(i) The Secretary shall cause to be maintained proper books of account in respect of all moneys received and paid by the Society and all assets and liabilities of the Society. He shall submit reports to the Executive Committee and the Patron periodically or as and when he may be called upon to do so.

(ii) The books of accounts shall ordinarily be kept at the Registered Office of the Society or at such other place in India as the Executive Committee may deem fit and proper and these shall be open to the members of the Executive Committee.

(iii) The cash of the Society will ordinarily be kept in a Scheduled Bank, Post Office Savings Bank in the name of the Society, and the Secretary of the Society as well as the Patron individually shall operate the accounts. Any particular account may with the permission of the Secretary be operated by any member of the Executive Committee. Surplus money may, however, be invested in stock and securities or in any other form of investment as may be approved by

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the Patron. The Secretary of the Society, however, may keep enough cash with him to meet day to day and other necessary expenses of the Society. Both the Ratron and the Secretary shall have the powcr, individually, to sign, endorse, negotiate and give effectual discharge on Government Securities, Post Office Cash Certificates, Negotiable and other instruments as well as banking accounts in the name of the Society.

(iv) These accounts shall be autdited by an auditor once in a year duly appointed by the General Body for the purpose.

10. AMENDMENTS:
 

Amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the Society may be made by the General Body by a three-fourth majority of members personally present.

II. GENERAL:

(i) The Society has been constituted as desired by Sant Satguru Charan Singh Ji Maharaj of Radha Soami Satsang Be a s and shall carry on its activities in India;

(ii) If upon the dissolution of the Society, there shall remain after the satisfaction of debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid or distributed among the members of the Society, but shall be given to ahother Society/Institution with objects similar to those of the Society in particular those as mentioned in clauses (1), (2), (3) & (4) of Article III of the Memorandum of Association of the Society.

(iii) No act or proceedings of the Society or Executive Committee shall be invalid by reason merely of any vacancy or any defect

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in the constitution of the Society or of the Executive Committee as the case may be.

(iv) All necessary and relevant provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Punjab Amendment Act, 1957) as extended to the State of Punjab shall apply to the Society.

We, the undersigned members of the Executive Committee of Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas, do hereby certify that the above is correct copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Society.

This twenty-eighth day of October 1978.

Names, addresses and occupations of the members of the Executive Committee

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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1981

Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Punjab - India

Published by Shri S.L. Sondhi, Secretary
Radhasoami Satsang Beas, Dera Baba Jaimal
Singh, Dist. Amritsar and printed by
N.K. Gossain & Co. Pvt. Ltd., 13/7 Ariff
Road, Cal.-67

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