Kailasam, J.- The plaintiff Sri Venkataramanaswami Deity at Kothur by Trustee K.R. Sanjeevi Chetty is the appellant in this Letters Patent Appeal. The plaintiff filed a suit for a declaration of the plaintiff’s title to the suit properties, for possession and for past and future mesne profits. According to the plaint, the suit properties originally belonged to one Nanjachari who dedicated them to the Deity and after Nanjachari’s death, the villagers were managing the properties. Subsequently, N.R. Sanjeevi Chetty was appointed trustee by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board. As the original deed of dedication was destroyed, the heirs of the grantor confirmed the factum of dedication by a registered deed in February, 1958. It was stated that the defendant got possession of the properties with the permission of the villagers on promise to pay rent, but she failed to pay rent and started asserting her own title to the suit properties. The suit was opposed by the defendant on the ground that the suit properties which belonged to Nanjachari and his sons, fell to the share of Krishnamachari son of Nanjachari at a family partition, and Krishnamachari’s son Ramalingachari so

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