1. The petitioners claim to be trustees of Arulmighu Kariaperumal Temple, Paruvachi Village, Chembulichampalayam Post, Bhavani Taluk, Erode District, and the first petitioner is the hereditary trustee.

2. The petitioners would state that the said temple is an ancient temple constructed about 500 years ago by a group of persons belonging to particular community to which they belong. It is stated that the deity is worshipped by the said community as their Kuladeivam. It is further stated that the temple is a denomination temple in character and the temple was maintained by the forefathers of the petitioners and the petitioners 1 to 4 are the Dharmakarthas of the temple. It is further stated that a person belonging to another community is said to have interfered with the administration of the temple maintained by the ancestors of the petitioners, which necessitated their ancestor had filed a Suit in O.S.No.1185 of 1921, before the District Munsif Court, Gobichettipalayam and it is stated that a decree was passed on 18.09.1923, by which the petitioners' claimed the temple belongs to a particular community and managed by the said community from generation. The petitioners wou