The petitioners addressed a letter to the Commissioner Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, complaining that the 7 respondents who have been impleaded as parties to this writ petition are disqualified to be hereditary trustees of the Mariamman Temple, Irukkankudi, Sattur Taluk, On the only ground that they did not attend three consecutive meetings of the Trust Board. Having made such allegations against their co-hereditary trustees they went further and requested the Commissioner to treat the second petitioner and two others as the only surviving body of hereditary trustees for being recognised and dealt with even in the matter of election of the Chairman of such a Board. The first petitioner says that his right of hereditary trusteeship held by him has since been relinquished in favour of the second petitioner. This process of relinquishment is seriously deputed by the contesting respondents in this case. To continue the narrative after having so informed the Commissioner, the petitioners were expecting a date for the election of the Chairman amongst the second petitioner and two others. The Commissioner on 19th October, 1972, passed the impugned order which inter ali