K. Kalyanasundaram, J.

This Writ Appeal has been preferred against the order of the learned Single Judge passed in W.P.No.18874 of 2013, dated 16.06.2014.

2. Heard Mr.T.S.Vijaya Raghavan, learned counsel for the appellant; Mr.Maharajan, learned Special Government Pleader (HR & CE) for the respondents 1 and 2; Mr.A.S.Kailasam, learned counsel for the third respondent; Mr.G.Guru Swaminathan, learned counsel for the respondents 5, 6 & 8; Mr.V.Srikanth, learned counsel for the seventh respondent; Mr.K.V.Subramanian, learned Senior Counsel for the ninth respondent and perused the materials placed before this Court.

3. Brief facts of the case are as follows:-

The writ petitioner along with four others filed applications before the second respondent dated 29.03.2010 and 08.06.2010 for appointing them as Hereditary Trustees for the Temples viz., Arulmigu Gopalakrishna Swamy, Arulmigu Vishwanatha Swamy and Arulmigu Anjaneya Swamy, situated at Krishnapuram in Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District on the ground that their predecessors were the Hereditary Trustees of the Temples, however, about 60 years ago, the Temples were brought under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable End