ORDER :- The petitioners pray for the issue of a writ of certiorari or other appropriate writ under Art.226 of the Constitution to quash the order of the learned Advocate General of Madras dated 6-1-1961 in sanction Appln. No.1 of 1960, preferred before him for the necessary consent for the institution of a suit under S.92 C.P.C.

2. The petitioners are residents in the village of Sirunaickanpetti Dindigul taluk, Mathurai Dt. and they are Roman Catholic Christians by religion. The bulk of the population of the village of Sirunaickenpatti consists of Roman Catholic Christians. There is a Church in the village, St. Anthonys Church and there is also another church, the Church of St. Thomas situated on the top of a hillock near the village. The Catholic Christians of the village appear to have raised funds for levying contributions and subscriptions from all the Catholics and purchased statutes, pictures, ornaments, and carriage for carrying corpses to the burial ground and other articles necessary and useful for the Christian population residing in the locality.

Respondents 2 to 4 in this petition are stated to be functioning as trustees managing the communal properties. The art