These appeals relate to Sri Dandayuthapaniswami temple at Ayyampalayam, Musiri Taluk, Tiruchirapalli District. It will be convenient to refer to the rank of the parties as mentioned in A.S. No. 63 of 1955. That appeal arises out of a suit, O.S. No. 7 of 1951 originally filed by the first respondent. Respondents 2 and 3 who were impleaded as defendants to the suit were later trans posed as plaintiffs 2 and 3. A.S. No. 131 of 1955 arises out of O.S. No. 8 of 1951 filed by the sixth respondent. The suits were filed under section 57 of the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act (Act II of 1927), to set aside a scheme framed by the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Board in O.A. No. 513 of 1949 for the management of Sri Dandayuthapaniswami temple. The Board, who was the first defendant to the suit, is now represented by the appellant, the Commissioner for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Madras. Appeal No. 132 of 1955 is filed against the order of the Lower Court in O.P. No. 131 of 1951, which set aside the order of the Hindu Religious Endowments Board in O.A. No. 513 of 1949 which held that the temple was one to which the provisions of Act II of 1927 would