Sadasiva Aiyar, J.

1. These are appeals preferred against the order of the Temporary Subordinate Judge of Madura, who amended Rule 24 of the scheme framed for the Rameswaram Devasthanam in Original Suit No. 23 of 1910 on the application of the Dharma Rakshana Sabha put in with the previous sanction of the Advocate-General, the application being I.A. No. 176 of 1914. In making the alteration the learned Subordinate Judge passed certain remarks against the three members of the Temple Committee in connection with their conduct in trying to purchase the Thevaram Zemindari from the Devasthanam funds. The appellant in one of these two appeals (Appeal against Order No. 205 of 1914) is one of the three Committee Members, Mr. Ramabhadra Naidu. The appellant in Appeal against Order No. 206 of 1914 is Mr. A.L.A.R. Arunachalam Chettiar, another member. Though some of the grounds in the appeal memoranda are directed against the alterations made in the scheme by the Subordinate Judge, those objections were not pressed. The real object of these appeals is indicated by the following paragraphs in the memorandum of appeal:

9. The lower Court ought to have held that the conduct of the Committe