1. Since these writ petitions arise out of a common order of the respondents 1 to 4 they are being disposed of by a common judgment.

2. Sivaganga Samasthanam Devasthanam has moved this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for writs in the nature of certiorari calling for the entire records of the first respondent comprised in his proceedings in pa. mu. (1) 498/84 dated 28.5.1985, that of the third respondent in Roc. A3/31472/82 dated 10.2.1983 and that of the fourth respondent in H.S.D.A. No. 106/90 dated 16.5.81 and quash the said proceedings.

3. Facts in short are as follows:— Arulmighu Valmiganathasamy Temple, a temple attached to the petitioner Devasthanam, is situated in survey No. 82/1 of Thiruvettriyur village, Tiruvadanai Taluk, the lands belonging to the temple were however classified as Natham in the village accounts. These lands originally belonged to the erstwhile Rajahs and Zamindars who gifted the lands to the temple. In Survey No. 82/1, there is a temple tank which according to the petitioner, was intended for the worshippers to m ake ablutions before entering into the temple for worship and cater to the needs of the villagers as an additio