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2. The Jains are entitled to use, for religious purposes and purposes incidental thereto, all lands, trees, buildings and structures within the Gadh walls, and manage the said religious properties without any control or interference on the part of the Durbar, except for Police purposes.
3. The Jains shall be at liberty, without any permission. to rebuild (when necessary) repair and maintain the Gadh walls, provided that in so doing they do not alter the present dimensions or situation thereof. They will, however, be at liberty to raise such portion of the Gadh wall as forms part of any of the existing temples while raising the height of any such temple to the extent necessary to make the same, one of the walls of the said temple. They will further be at liberty to raise other portions of the said Gadh walls up to a maximum height of 25 feet.
4. The Jains shall manage the temples on the hill and outside the Gadh walls without any interference on the part of the Durbar.
5. The Paglas, Dehris, and Chhatris on the hill outside the said Gadh walls belong to the Jains as well as the Kunds and the Visamas, subject, as to the last two, to the user thereof by the public and the Jains can repair them without permission.
6. The Palitana Durbar will also maintain and repair the channels (natural courses ) feeding the said Kunds.
7. The Jains shall be at liberty, without any permission, to maintain and repair at their cost the road with the parapet walls, called the Mota Rasta' leading to the said Gadh from the foot of the Hill, subject to the user of the said road by the public,
8. The Palitana Durbar will maintain and repair at their cost the paths mentioned below :
1. Mota Rasta stretching to Sripuja Tunk. 2. Gheti Payag.
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