JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This application is filed under read with Order XXXIX Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the relief of Ad-Interim Injunction restraining the respondents/defendants 3 to 5 from acting as office bearers to the post of Honorary Secretary, Treasurer and Vice President pursuant to the election dated 22.11.2020 for the first respondent/defendant council pending disposal of the Civil Suit.)

1. The plaintiffs in C.S.No.384 of 2020 has filed this application, seeking the relief to grant an order of Ad-Interim Injunction restraining the respondents/defendants 3 to 5 from acting as office bearers to the post of Honorary Secretary, Treasurer and Vice President pursuant to the election dated 22.11.2020 for the first respondent/defendant council, pending disposal of the Civil Suit.

2. The case of the applicants in a nut shell, is as follows:

(i) The 1st respondent/defendant is a Society registered and governed under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. The 2nd respondent/defendant is the Election Officer of the 1st respondent/defendant, appointed by this Court, vide order dated 12.02.2020 in Application No.1685 of 2019 in C.S.No.165 of 2019.

(ii) By way of