A.R. LAKSHMANAN, J.

The applicants in O. A. No. 708 of 1994 are the plaintiffs in the suit. The prayer in the suit is as follows : (a) For a declaration that the notice dated June 29, 1994, issued by the first respondent for the proposed annual general body meeting of the first respondent to be held on August 4, 1994, in so far as it relates to items Nos. 7 and 8 of the said notice is illegal and void.

(b) For a permanent injunction restraining the respondents in any manner considering the said subjects, viz., items Nos. 7 and 8 of the notice dated June 29, 1994, issued for the proposed annual general body meeting of the first respondent to be held on August 4, 1994, or on any other day.

The first respondent is a company and is also a nidhi. The second respondent is a person who was proposed for election as a director of the first respondent in the annual general body meeting to be fixed on August 4, 1994. Items Nos. 7 and 8 in the notice have been proposed as "special business".

Along with the suit, the applicants have filed O. A. No. 708 of 1994, for the grant of interim injunction restraining the respondents in any manner considering the subjects, viz., items Nos. 7 and