JUDGMENT

S.M. Subramaniam, J.—The original suit in O.S.No.345 of 1996 was instituted by Arulmighu Thiruvatteeswarar Thirukkoil represented by its Executive Officer against the appellants in the present appeal suit.

2. The appellants in the appeal suit are the defendants in the suit and the respondent in the appeal suit is the plaintiff in the suit.

3. For the sake of convenience, the ranking of the parties in the appeal suit would be referred to as per their ranks in the Trial Court.

4. The facts, as narrated, in the plaint by the respondent/Temple are that the property bearing No.11, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Chennai-5, comprised in Survey No.644/5, belongs to the plaintiff-Devasthanam and there is a Mandapam constructed with the granite stones. In the Mandapam, during the Brahmotsavam festival on the seventh day, when the car festival being conducted, the Utsava Deity will be taken to the Mandapam and it will be kept there till the evening before the same is taken back to the respondent/Temple. The Mandakapadi for that was carried on by one Mr.Venkoba Rao for several years. The said Mr.Venkoba Rao was permitted to run an Elementary School in the Mandapam with the condition that on t