COMMON JUDGMENT:

The second appeals and the writ petition have arisen under the following circumstances:

There are four plaintiffs. Munusamy is the plaintiff in O.S.No.2207/92, Manickam in O.S.No.2345/92, Anandaraj in O.S.No.2346/92 and Parthasarathy in O.S.No.2347/92. There was a joint trial as common question for decision was involved and common judgments were delivered by both the Courts. The plaintiffs filed the different suits against the Corporation of Madras, which is the appellant in all the appeals and the second respondent in the writ petition, the first respondent being the Collector of Madras, for a permanent injunction restraining the Corporation of Madras from interfering with their possession of the property in the respective suits. According to them, each purchased 1 ground 1200 sq.ft.in S.Nos.31 and 53 part (Old S.Nos.59 and 64/1-B) corresponding to T.S.No.2/1 part, sub divided as T.S.No,2/5 in Block No.15, Aminjikarai Village, Pulla Reddy Avenue, Madras-29, under sale deeds exhibited as Exs.A-1 to A-4, all bearing date 10-1-1992. They claimed to be in possession.

2. The Corporation of Madras resisted the suits claiming that the properties belonged to it