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Establish, The meaning of the word 'establish' as given in the New Collins Concise Dictionary, 1983 edn., is: 'I. to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job etc. 2. to create or set up (an organisation etc.) as on a permanent basis.' According to Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary (International edn.), the word 'establish' means: '1. to settle or fix firmly; make stable or permanent. 2. to set up; found, as an institution or business. 3. to set up, install (oneself or someone else) in business, a position, etc.', Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee v. Mihan Singh, (1993) 3 SCC 650: 1993 (4) JT 202. [Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 s. 16(2)(iii) and 7(i)]

In Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition 'the word establish' has a number of meanings i.e., to ratify, confirm, settle, to found, to create. The word 'establish' includes creation also. In Webster's Third New International Dictionary, the word 'establish' has been given a number of meanings, namely, to found or base squarely, to make firm or stable, to bring into existence, create, make start, originate. For the purpose of Article 30(1) the word means 'to bring into existence', and son the right given by Article 30(1) to the minority is to bring into existence an educational institution, and if they do so, to administer it, S. Azeez Basha v. Union of India, AIR 1968 SC 662 (672): (1968) 1 SCR 833. [Constitution of India, Art. 30(1)]

To settle, make, or fix firmly; to enact permanently, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 566