JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Judge's Summons issued under Order XIV Rule 8 of the Original Side Rules of this Court, read with Order 1 Rule 8(1a) of the Civil Procedure Code, and Application is filed praying to permit the applicants/plaintiffs to sue on behalf of and for the benefit of all persons interested in the suit as provided under Order 1 Rule 8 Clause 1(a) of the Civil Procedure Code.)

This application has been filed seeking to grant leave to the applicants/plaintiffs to file suit under Section 92 of the Civil Procedure Code (for short, "the CPC").

2. The case of the applicants herein is that they are full members of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Madras, the first respondent/first defendant-Association. It is an unregistered body started in the year 1844 in London Town by 12 young men to help the youth who migrate to town by providing decent accommodation at affordable rates. It also in the process helped the youth to grow in moral and spiritual life so that they are not attracted to the vices of the city life. The movement became popular world-wide. It was started in India in the city of Calcutta and then in Chennai, almost hundred years ago.

3. Over the years, the firs