The defendants in O S. No. 327 of 1974 on the file of the District Munsif, Devakottai who have been unsuccessful in both the Courts below are the appellants.

2. The respondents herein filed a representative suit for a permanent injunction restraining the appellants herein from interfering with the conduct of the festival in Thoothu Ayyanar Singamuga Karuppar and Kaliamman temple at Keerani village. The plaintiff’s case is that the villagers of Keerani village have been performing the utsavams like Mahasivarathiri, Deepavali and Kuthirai Yeduppu in the said temple by collecting subscriptions from the villagers, that the temple has been built by the Keerani Villagers, that the festival consists of performance of a drama and of sacrificing ram and cock, that recently the defendants who are the neighbouring villagers and who have no manner of right to interfere with the performance of the festival or the giving of honours to the trustees have joined together and have been creating trouble from 12th July, 1974, and obstructing the conduct of the festival and the proper upkeep of the temple and conduct of utsavam, drama and sacrifice of ram and cock and hence the plaintiffs wer