JUDGMENT: Plaintiff is the appellant.

2. The case of the plaintiff briefly is as follows: The plaintiff is a trust known as Sri Swami Mela Arasalwar Trust at Shencottah. It has been in existence from time immemorial. The trust is situate at Shencottah which was formerly a part of the State of Travancore. The trust was established by savings out of grant made by one of the Maharajas of Travancore to a sect of brahmins who by virtue of the said grant became settled in the three streets in Shencottah now called Perumal Sannadhi Street, Arasalwar Street and Vadakku Madam Street. The trust which is founded by savings out of the grant to the Brahmin communities who formed a sect by themselves was managed by the brahmins themselves by agreement among themselves originally. In 1936. there were about 38 members in the three gramams/streets who were in the management of the trust and its properties and used to administer the trust through a general body of the said members wherein resolutions were passed on majority of the members present and voting. Subsequently when a dispute arose with regard to the management of the trust among themselves, the petitioners sought the guidance of the Gover

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