1. This Second Appeal has been filed by the unsuccessful plaintiff in O.S.No.133 of 2007 on the file of the Principal Sub Court, Tirunelveli, for permanent injunction restraining the defendants from forcibly removing the advertisement boards mentioned in the suit schedule except under due process of law. The five permanent hoardings put up by the plaintiff / appellant at important locations within the jurisdiction of the respondent corporation are shown in the schedule.

2. It is the case of the plaintiff / appellant that the plaintiff / appellant is running an advertisement company in Tirunelveli and that the plaintiff / appellant, by promoting his business, has got rich experience in advertisement technology. According to the plaintiff / appellant, the five hoardings erected by the plaintiff / appellant were for their clients and that the hoardings were erected only after an application was filed before the District Collector to give them licence to fix the hoardings and advertisement boards. The plaintiff / appellant further stated that they bona fidely believed the second defendant to grant licence. However, according to the plaintiff / appellant, the second defendant h