K. M. NATARAJAN, J.:- This letters patent appeal is directed by the appellantplaintiffs against the judgment and decree passed by the learned single Judge of this Court in A. S. No. 632 of 1979 allowing the appeal and setting aside the decree of the subCourt, Tiruchirapalli in O.S. No. 603 of 1975. For the sake of convenience, the appellants herein are referred to as the plaintiffs and the respondents herein are referred to as the defendants.

The facts which are necessary for the disposal of this appeal can be briefly stated as follows :- The plaintiffs alleged that the first plaintiff is a religious institution managed exclusively by Arya Visya Community of Tiruchirapalli. The suit property belongs to the first plaintiff-temple. The first defendant, Educational Trustee Co. Ltd., is running its daily establishment, a daily newspaper publication called "Dinathanthi". The first defendant became a tenant in respect of the suit property on a monthly rent of Rs. 60/- and the second defendant is in possession of the suit property. However, both defendants 1 and 2 unauthorisedly sub-let the premises to the third defendant without the knowledge and consent of the plaintiffs. Accord