The plaintiff in O.S.No.12857 of 2009 on the file of the XII Assistant City Civil Judge, Chennai is the appellant. The said suit was filed under Section 70 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act 1959.

2. The facts which necessitated filing of the suit are as follows:

The plaintiff is the Society registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It was founded with an object of promoting cult of Lord Ayyappa irrespective of Religion, Caste, Creed or Community. The other objects of the society also includes giving educational assistance to the poor children, food to poor, establishment of educational institutions, hospitals, home for aged and disabled, providing medical assistance and education to poor, arrangement of periodical discourse and lectures and to do other charitable activities that would promote public harmony. A Medical Center was also established by the society to cater to the needs of poor cancer patients.

3. The plaintiff society applied for allotment of a plot of land to the Tamil Nadu Housing Board for construction of its own premises and a temple for Lord Ayyappa, in order to achieve its main object of promoting Ayyappa cu