Judgment

HEGDE, J.:- This is a plaintiffs appeal by certificate. The plaintiffs sued for possession of the properties described in Schs. I and IV of the plaint as reversioners of one V. Rm. Shanmugam Pillai who admittedly was the last male holder of those properties as well as several other properties. They also claimed past and future mesne profits in respect of those properties. Properties detailed in Sch. I were said to have been endowed for a charity by name Annadhana Chatram Charity. The plaintiffs claimed possession of those properties as "Huqdars". They claimed possession of Sch. IV properties as reversioners. The trial court decreed the plaintiffs claim in part. It gave a decree in favour of the plaintiffs in respect of plaint Sch. I properties but dismissed their claim regarding Plaint-Sch. IV properties. Both the parties appealed against the judgment and decree of the trail court. The High Court allowed the appeal of the defendants and dismissed that of the plaintiffs. In the result the entire suit was dismissed.

2. In order to examine the various contentions advanced at the hearing, it is necessary to state in brief various events that took place prior to the institution