1. The plaintiff in this suit was an archakar in the great Vishnu temple of Srirangam. He instituted the suit against the managers of the temple for the cancellation of an order of suspension passed against him by the managers and to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him and the value of perquisites which he would have earned if the suspension had not taken place. The only question for decision in this second appeal is whether the suspension which is found to have been otherwise justifiable in the circumstances was illegal on the ground that no notice was given to the plaintiff to show cause against it before the order was passed. The District Judge held it to be illegal on the authority of certain observations contained in Seshadri Aiyangar v. Nataraja Aiyar I.L.R. (1897) M. 179. It may be stated that at the enquiry held after the suspension, the plaintiff was found by the managers to be guilty of the offence complained of against him and he was suspended from office for a term by way of punishment. These offences were that he committed theft and concealed the property belonging to the idol while engaged in the performance of his duties as archakar. We are