Ramaswami, J.-These three appeals have been filed by the unsuccessful plaintiffs in O.S.Nos.55, 56 and 57 of 1961 on the file of the learned Subordinate Judge of Erode. O.S.No. 55 of 1971 against which A.S. No. 11 of 1964 has been filed, was a suit to set aside the order of the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board, Madras, dated 18th March, 1961, confirming the dismissal by the Deputy Commissioner of the plaintiff’s application under section 57 (b) of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1951, for a declaration that the plaintiff was the hereditary trustee of the suit temple. The plaintiff’s case was that the plaintiff’s maternal grandfather one Krishna Iyer and his great grandfather one Narayana Iyer had been the hereditary poojaries and trustees of an ancient temple by name Kaliyughavaradaraja Perumal Temple at Thalayanallur, hamlet of Sivagiri Village, Erode Taluk, Coimbatore District. The lands described in Schedule A to the plaint measuring 39-70 acres belonged to the said temple having been granted to it by the ancient Kings and Palayagars of Madurai. These grants have been recognised and confirmed by the then British Go

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