A.S.Nos.727 of 1999, 699 of 1999 and 31 of 2000 have been filed by (i) the defendant No.13, (ii) the defendant No.11 and (iii) the defendant Nos.4 to 9 and 12 respectively, as against the judgment and decree dated 08.03.1999 in O.S.No.610 of 1987 on the file of the I Additional Subordinate Court, Madurai.

2. The parties, for convenience sake, are referred to hereunder according to their litigative status before the trial Court.

3. The gist and kernel, the pith and marrow of the case of the plaintiff as stood exposited from the plaint could be portrayed thus:

(i) The plaintiff is the son of the first defendant and grandson of the deceased N.Hari Govinda Iyer. The suit property described in the schedule of the plaint originally belonged to the said Hari Govinda Iyer who executed the trust deed, Ex.A.1 on 09.03.1931, dedicating the first item of the suit property as Choultry so as to enable his own caste people to stay there for three to five days during the festival days relating to Arudhra Dharisanam concerning Lord Nataraja of Chidambaram temple. The income from item Nos.2, 3 and 4 of the suit properties were expected to be used for providing food to such pilgrims staying