Judgment :- 1. In this revision petition, Mr. Raman raises an interesting point in the first instance, whether the court can, on an application by a descendant of the author of the trust, modify a scheme in a manner not even asked for by him. On a perusal of the records, I am satisfied that the lower court acted suo motu rather than primarily on the application made by one of the defendants. 2. As early as in 1916, a scheme was framed for Tiruvalanjuli Vaidhialingam Pillais charities, in a scheme suit filed for the purpose in the court of the Subordinate Judge, Kumbakonam, in O.S. 77 and 78 of 1916. The terms of the scheme are not in dispute. Inter alia, Cls. 5 and 21 ran as follows: Clause 5: The management of these charities, Its affairs and its properties shall vest in a body of a trustees, one of whom shall be a brahmin of the Saiva or Smartha seet and the other two caste Hindus of the Saiva seet and they shall be appointed by the court from the permanent residents of Kumbakonam taluk. One of the three trustees may preferably and if the court does not think it unit, be from among the trustees of the temple who have been appointed by the temple committees, Kumbakonam, under Act XX of 1863 or any Act that takes its place. Clause 21: The Court shall have power to alter or amend this scheme according to the requirements of the institution either of its own accord or on the application of any of the parties hereto or of the trustees or of any five worshippers.” Taking advantage of the omnibus provision regarding the amendment as is seen from Cl. 21 one of the daughters sons of the founder of the charities filed I.A. No. 102 of 1973 praying for an amendment of certain clauses in the scheme. He would, in his petition for amendment, make particular reference to Cl. 21 one of the daughters sons of the founder of the charities filed I.A. No. 102 of 1973 praying for an amendment of certain clauses in the scheme. He would, in his petition for amendment, make particular reference to Cl. 5 and would request court to amend it as follows “The management of the charities shall vest In the line of succession of Kalyanasundaram Pillai, i.e., the eldest son of the line of succession in the management of the trust properties and the appointment of third party trustees will arise only if there is none in the line of succession of Kalyanasundaram Pillai.” He suggested certain incidental amendments but did not go beyond them. The learned Subordinate Judge, after hearing the trustees who are on the board, referred to the fact that the petitioner owed moneys to the trust, that there was a decree for mesne profits and coats against him in O.S. 33 of 1965 on the file of the same court and that execution proceedings for realisation of the tame were pending. He entertained a doubt whether it was advisable to alter the very fundamental character of the Charleston and convert it more or lets into a family trust. After considering the scope of Cl. 5 of the scheme as is in vogue now, the learned Judge said that having regard to the passage of time, it was not necessary that the body of trustees should be appointed on the basis of caste or sect. Having been appraised of the position and he having got soi sine of the matter, he exercised jurisdiction suo motu under Cl. 21 of the scheme though the subject matter was brought up to him in the form of a petition by one of the descendants of the founder of the trust. In exercise of such jurisdiction, the court came to the conclusion that Cl. 5 needs some modification and amended the same so as to read “The management of the charities and Its affairs and properties shall vest in a body of three trustees, professing Hindu religion, appointed by the ‘court from the permanent residents of the Kumbakonam Taluk, The management trusteeship shall be held among them in turn, each trustee for one year at a time.” 3. Consequent upon such an amendment having been made by the learned Subordinate Judge, the trustees have come up to this court challenging the order of the court below. 4. As I said, Mr. Raman originally raised the contention that the lower court could not exercise such jurisdiction under Cl. 21 when it did not think about amending the scheme by itself. When such an application was made by the petitioner as a descendant, it should have been treated and dealt with as such and the court ought not to have assumed the residuary powers in it to amend the scheme suo motu on the information so furnished by the petitioner in an application which is not maintainable in law. 5. No doubt under Cl. 21. an amendment of the scheme is possible and the court shall have the power to make such alterations or amendments according to the requirements of the institution, either of its own accord or on the application of any of the ‘partners hereto’ or of the trustees or of any five worshippers. The word ‘parties hereto’ obviously referred to the parties who were agitating the subject matter in 1916 in the Sub Court when they sought for the framing of a scheme. The only other categories of persons who could apply for such an alteration or amendment under Cl. 21 of the scheme are (a) the trustees themselves or any one of them and (b) any five worshippers. The petitioner had undoubtedly no locus standi to apply for such an amendment. He does not fit in the description of the categories of persons who by express reference in Cl. 21 are permitted to move the court for alteration or amendment of the scheme. The question, however remains whether the suo motu power of the court to amend or alter the scheme is taken away by reason of a person coming to court seeking for such amendment, but which application is not maintainable under Cl. 21 of the scheme. Exercise of suo motu powers by the courts or Tribunals, which are vested with them, is not thought of by a mere revelation or by imagination. Courts are prompted to exercise such suo motu powers only when they are provoked to do so. Such a provocation to act may occur in myriad ways. 21 of the scheme. Exercise of suo motu powers by the courts or Tribunals, which are vested with them, is not thought of by a mere revelation or by imagination. Courts are prompted to exercise such suo motu powers only when they are provoked to do so. Such a provocation to act may occur in myriad ways. One such process by which a court may be prompted to invoke its suo motu power is by being apprised of certain matters and situations. It may be that such a matter or situation has been brought up before it in an irregular way; nevertheless such apprisement of material and knowledge of situations cannot be lightly ignored by the court who has the right to exercise the suo motu powers when it is of the view that such matter and situation requires investigation and consideration at its hands. Obviously, the court below, on being apprised of the particular situation and after being informed by the petitioner that Cl. 3, having regard to passage of time, needs a revision, thought it proper and just to invoke its suo motu power under Cl. 21 and amend the scheme. Though, therefore, the argument of Mr. Raman is attractive in the first instance, yet having regard to the fact that there Is no exhaustion of the suo motu powers by reason of an irregular application made by a third party, the court in having attempted to amend the scheme decree did not exceed its jurisdiction. 6. The next question is whether the amendment as was done by the court below is justified and proper, and whether there has been an irregular exercise of jurisdiction when the court amended Cl. 5 of the scheme in the manner it did. As already stated, the learned Subordinate Judge has stated that in the present change of times, it is not necessary that the trustees should be appointed on caste or sect basis. In 1916, when the scheme was framed, the court thought of a body of three trustees, one of whom shall be a Brahmin of the Saiva or Smartha sect and the other two caste Hindus of the Saiva sect. In 1916, when the scheme was framed, the court thought of a body of three trustees, one of whom shall be a Brahmin of the Saiva or Smartha sect and the other two caste Hindus of the Saiva sect. Our country being secular and the Constitution not providing for such differentiation on the basis of caste, the venture of the learned Subordinate Judge in having enterprisingly oats an amendment to clause 3 of the scheme decree, in beyond reproach and condemnation. In fact, Mr. Raman also says that the phrase ‘professing Hindu religion’ being all embracing and as it also includes within its fold Brahmins or persons who are not Brahmins, he does not attack the language deployed by the learned Subordinate Judge when he modified the scheme. I am also of the view that the modification made by the Judge does not interfere with the spirit of the quondam clause in the scheme. There has been, therefore, no irregular exercise of jurisdiction by the learned Subordinate Judge when he altered the schema by introducing the expression ‘trustees professing Hindu religion’ instead of ‘trustees of whom one shall be a Brahmin and the other two caste Hindus”. 7. In these circumstances, the civil revision petition fails and is dismissed. No order as to costs.