Abdur Rahim, J.

1. The sole question for determination in this Letters Patent Appeal is whether the suit in which it has arisen and which was instituted under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure with respect to a temple in North Malabar is maintainable, the point being whether Mr. T.R. Ramachandra Aiyar, one of the plaintiffs, has an interest within the meaning of that section in the temple concerned. Mr. T.R. Ramachandra Aiyar who is a leading practitioner of this Court and a Brahmin resides in Madras while the temple is situate in Tellicherry. It is an ancient temple of some celebrity and is dedicated to the deity Sri Rama. Mr. T.R. Ramachandra Aiyar is a member of the Dharma Eakshana Sabah among whose objects is included institution of suits for the protection and due application of Hindu religious endowments. It also appears that when, on one or two occasions in the exercise of his profession he went to Tellicherry, he attended this temple1 and worshipped there, and it was further stated that he was likely to do so if he again went to Tellicherry. But the interest of Mr. T.R. Ramachandra Aiyar in this temple within the meaning of the Code is not supported on any of