The petitioner, Maha Thejo Mandala Sabha, a society registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act (Regn.No.15/88) represented by its Secretary M. Jayaraman, has filed the present writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the respondents to hand over to the petitioner the possession and management of the affairs of Sri Pamban Kumaraguru Dasar Swamigal Samadhi with properties movable and immovable and land and buildings in acre 3.02 comprised in Paimash No.967, Survey No.172/2A, Mayurapuram, Thiruvanmiyur Village, Chennai 600 041 and to refrain from interfering with the performance of the religious and spiritual rituals by the petitioner in the 'Samadhi' of Sri Pamban Kumaraguru Dasar Swamigal.

2. Mr. R. Thiagarajan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner forcibly pleaded that even after winning three rounds of litigation against the respondent-H.R. & C.E. Department, the petitioner-Sabha is not able to reap the hard earned fruits three times bestowed by this Court to the petitioner. Explaining further, he submitted that in the first round of litigation, when the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner, H.R. & C.E. Department, the respondents 4 & 3 h