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Therein, the word 'therein' does not mean that all the act of consumption must take place in the area of the municipality, Burmah Shell Oil Storage and Distribution Co. v. Belgaum Borough Municipality, AIR 1963 SC 906: (1963) 2 Supp SCR 216.

The true meaning and construction of the word 'therein' in the expression 'any person interested therein' appearing in sub-s. (1) of s. 6. In order to understand the meaning of the word 'therein' in our view, it is necessary to refer to the preceding words 'the Board or the mutawalli of the wakf' which immediately precedes it. It cannot refer to the 'wakf property'. Sub-s. (1) of s. 6 enumerates the person who can file suits and also the questions in respect of which such suits can be filed. In enumerating the person who are empowered to file suits under this provision, only the Board, the mutawalli of the wakf, and 'any person interested therein', thereby necessarily meaning any person interested in the wakf, are listed. It should be borne in mind that the Act deals with wakfs, its institutions and its properties. It would, therefore, be logical and reasonable to infer that its provisions empower only those who are interested in the wakfs, to institute suits, Board of Muslim Wakfs v. Radha Kishan, AIR 1979 SC 289: (1979) 2 SCC 468: (1979) 2 SCR 148.