Judgement

RAMASWAMI, J.: This appeal is brought on behalf of the plaintiffs, by special leave, against the judgment of the Madras High Court dated April 4, 1961 in Appeal No. 99 of 1957.

2. In the suit which is the subject-matter of this appeal, the plaintiffs prayed for the settlement of a scheme in respect of a Trust known as Sina Ravanna Mana Pana Sona Guru Puja Mutt at Pillamangalam Alagapuri, Tiruchnapalli District and for an account of the management of the Trust by the late N. S. Chokalingam Chettair and for certain incidental reliefs. The case of the plaintiffs was that the Trust was a joint foundation made on November 12, 1919 by Sinnakaruppan Chettiar, father of plaintiffs 1 and 2 and grand-father of plaintiff 3, Raman Chettiar, father of plaintiff No. 4 Subramaniam Chettiar plaintiff No. 5, Perianan Chettiar, father of defendant No. 3 and Chokalingam Chettiar, father of defendant No. 1 and grandfather of defendant No. 2. It was said that the Trust was founded for conducting puja to God Vinayagar installed in the Mutt, by an Oduvar, to do special pujas for the Samayarcharyars, viz., Appah, Sundarar, Sambhandar and Manickavachakar and ordinary pujas to the other 63 Nayanmars