The plaintiff G.V.Sampath is one of the sons of G.Viswanathan, the second defendant, who is the Founder and Managing Trustee of the first defendant Trust. The plaintiff and the other sons of Viswanathan (defendants 3 to 5) and the 8th defendant (wife of the 4th defendant) were also made Trustees of the first defendant Trust. The plaintiff was made the Vice President of the Board of Management of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University) run by the first defendant Trust. Due to efflux of time and also due to the non-preparedness of the other Trustees to allow him to continue as Vice President of the Board of Management of the said institution, his term as Vice President of the Board of Management of the Vellore Institute of Technology came to an end by 10.06.2013.

2. Thereafter alleging mismanagement, the plaintiff G.V.Sampath and one Sadhanandam filed a Scheme Suit on the original side of the Madras High Court in C.S.No.518/2013 invoking Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure praying for: (a) framing of a scheme for the proper conduct of the affairs of the first defendant Trust; (b) a direction for the removal of the defendants 3 to 11 therein, including G.Viswanath