Groups that prioritize sadhus over acharyas view the Lekh primarily as an administrative document and place less emphasis on its importance.
[2] It was dictated by Swaminarayan and written by Shukmuni in the courtyard of Khachar Dada at Gadhada in the year 1826.
[1] The Lekh has 30 articles, which give the following directions: This document has been produced in the Indian courts of justice, where the position of the acharaya as the spiritual and administrative heads of their respective diocese of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya and its assets has been repeatedly affirmed.
The Indian courts have appointed the acharyas as trustees and successors of their respective dioceses.
[6] The BAPS sect, founded in 1905 after separating from the Vadtal diocese, does not accept this document in literal interpretation yet does not rejects its validity.