1. Plaintiffs in O.S.No. 138of 1996 on the file of Subordinate Judges Court at Virudhunagar are revision petitioners.

2. They filed a suit to declare the first plaintiff as "Ambalam" of Mela Aviyoor Village and is entitled to all the temple Honours in all the temples of Aviyoor Village and consequential relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendants, their men and agents from in any way interfering with the plaintiffs right to get "honour" as "Ambalam" and for consequential reliefs.

3. Theclaim of the plaintiffs was seriously disputed by the defendants.

4. For the purpose of proving their case, they wanted to rely on certain public documents. The genuineness was not disputed. Those public documents were in the possession of first plaintiff and he wanted those documents to be received in evidence. The details of the documents are 1) Aviyoor Village A Register — Pages 29, 43, 44, 48, and 50 then, 2) Field Measurement Book -13) Village Plan - 1. In the affidavit in support of the application, he stated that those documents were handed over to him by the Go vernment while he was a Village Officer. Even though he has retired and handed over charge of the office