This is a plaintiffs appeal challenging the judgment and decree of the learned Addl. District Judge dismissing the suit of the plaintiffs. The relevant facts necessary for adjudication of this appeal, are stated briefly hereinbelow :

The suit was instituted by the plaintiff No. 1, Shri R. K. Madhuryyajit Singh, as a Shebait on his behalf and also on behalf of Shri Mahaprabhu, a Hindu Vaishnava deity installed at Janmasthan, Moirangkhom, Imphal (Plaintiff No. 2) for declaration of right, title and interest of the plaintiff No. 2 over the suit land and the plaintiff No. 1 is its Shebait and that the plaintiffs have absolute right of possession and enjoyment over the suit land without any hinderrance from the defendants and their privies, agents; a decree for perpetual injunction and also a decree for recovery of damages and compensation from the defendants for the interference and disturbance caused by them. As per the pleadings of the parties, they and their predecessors-in-interest are all Manipuri Hindus governed by the Dayabhaga school of Hindu law except the plaintiff No. 2 which is a Hindu Vaishnava deity/idol. The suit land is an agricultural land under patta No. 30/1