JUDGEMENT :- The first defendant in O.S. No. 592 of 1969 on the file of the Additional District Munsif, Tirunelveli, is the appellant in this second appeal. The first respondent herein is the plaintiff and respondents 2 to 6 are the other defendants in the said suit. The plaintiff laid the suit to set aside the claim order passed by the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Tirunelveli, in R.C. No. 18972/67 dated 30-12-1967 and for declaration of his title over the suit property. The first defendant alone contested the suit and the other defendants remained ex parte. Apart from the merits, the first defendant also raised the plea of limitation in that the suit having come to be filed on 11-12-1968, six months beyond the date of the order of the Deputy Registrar, is barred under Rule 73 (3) of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Rules 1963, hereinafter referred to as the 'rules'. The first court went into the questions and held against the plaintiff both on merits and on the question of limitation. The plaintiff appealed and the appeal AS No. 278 of 1975 was heard and disposed of by the IInd Additional Subordinate Judge, Tirunelveli, and the lower appellate Court fo