JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Application filed under Order XIV Rule 8 of O.S. Rules read with Order VII Rule 11 of CPC, praying to grant an order to reject the plaint in C.S.No.133 of 2022.)

This application has been filed by the applicants/ defendants 1 to 7 seeking an order to reject the plaint in C.S.No.133 of 2022.

2. Heard the arguments made by either side learned counsels and perused the materials available on record.

3. The averments of the petition in brief:

The applicants are the defendants. The defendants 3, 4, and 5 are not connected with the Trust-s activities, and they were appointed as members of the Disciplinary Committee to conduct domestic enquiry against the 1st respondent. The petitioners 6 and 7 are the other two active Trustees of the M/s.Mahalaxmi Educations Trust, which is presently managing the Trust. The 1st respondent had been removed from the trusteeship in view of the findings given by the Disciplinary Committee dated 12.09.2021 and vide the letter of the Trust dated 15.09.2021. The 1st respondent has filed this suit as though he continues to be the Trustee of the said Trust.

3.1. The 1st petitioner-s Trust is not a public charitable Trust, or a religio