AR. Lakshmanan, J.

The plaintiff and the defendants 1 and 2 are the sole hereditary trustees of the temple and the plaintiff is a joint hereditary trustee, along with defendants 1 and 2. One Chinna Ramanuja Iyengar, who was a common ancestor of the plaintiff and the defendants 1 and 2 was the sole hereditary trustee of the said temple throughout his life. Before him, his ancestore were the hereditary trustee. Chinna Ramanuja Iyengar owned considerable lands in many villages and major portion of the lands belonging to the temples were endowed by Chinna Ramanuja Iyengar and his forefathers. Chinna Ramanuja Iyengar died in 1867, and left him surviving his five sons. Besides the hereditary trusteeship of the three suit temples, the family owned a big temple in Katteri and was performing a large number of Charities, Mandahappadis etc., in several places. Several valuable properties were endowed for the said purpose and Chinna Ramanuja Iyengar was managing and administering all these as hereditary trustee. After his death, disputes arose between his sons regarding the division of the family properties and disqualification of the 5th son Iyyasami Iyengar and division and devolut