C.S. Karnan, J.

1. The short facts of the case are as follows:-

The first respondent/plaintiff herein had filed a suit in O.S. No. 60 of 2004, before the learned II Additional Sub Judge, Trichy, against the respondents 2 to 4/defendants 2 to 4 and the appellant/4th defendant, seeking permission to sell the suit property to the fourth respondent/third defendant and such other reliefs.

2. The first respondent/plaintiff had submitted that his Charity is a Private Trust. One K. Santhana Gopalakrishnan was the Managing Trustee. The said Trust had been established by his grandfather, namely, P.K. Thoppulan Chettiar, who had purchased the suit property under a registered Sale Deed, dated 09.06.1887. The said P.K. Thoppulan Chettiar had in turn executed a Settlement Deed, dated 08.07.1901, pertaining to the suit sproperty stating that his descendants have to perform free ceremony to the Temple. The said P.K. Thoppulan Chettiar (paternal grandfather) had raised a stone Mandabam, wherein the fourth defendant Temple had been conducting annual pilgrim procession ceremonies, namely, Tamil Month of Chittirai Festival and Tamil Month of Aadi 18th Festival, during these functions, the first