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G. JAYACHANDRAN, K. K. RAMAKRISHNAN
Idol of Sri Renganathaswamy, Srirengam Respondent. , by its Joint Commissioner/Executive Officer, Devasthanam Officer, Devasthanam Office, Srirengam, Tiruchirappalli – Appellant
Versus
J. Sriram – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Appeal filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the judgment and decree dated 29.04.2013 in O.S.No.82 of 2011 on the file of the III-Additional District Judge, Tiruchirappalli.)
K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.
The plaintiff temple is the appellant before this Court challenging the judgment and consolidated decree dated 29.04.2013 passed in O.S.No.82 of 2011 by the learned III-Additional District Judge, Tiruchirappalli, comprising the dismissal of the suit filed by the temple as well as the partly decreed portion of counter claim filed by the first respondent herein.
2. The plaintiff temple filed a suit in O.S.No.82 of 2011 on the file of learned III Additional District Judge, Tiruchirappalli, seeking the relief of
(i) recovery of possession of the suit schedule properties ;
(ii) declaring the compromise decree obtained in O.S.No.319 of 2007 by the first respondent on the file of the learned District Munsif, Kulithalai is illegal and void and will not bind the plaintiff idol;
(iii) declaring the alienation made by the first respondent in favour of the second and third respondents are illegal; and
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