IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Reserved on : 27.03.2024 Pronounced on : 07.06.2024 CORAM : JUSTICE N.SESHASAYEE S.A.No.34 of 2021 and CMP.No.959 of 2021 H.Krishnamurthi Rao Malathkar Managing Trustee cum President of B.K.Sri Panduranga Mandir Having Office at :

B.K.Sri Panduranga Mandir No.47/22, Subadral Street Thiruvetteeswaranpet Triplicane Chennai - 600 005. .. Appellant / Respondent / Defendant Vs S.Sivaganesh Rao Ghatte S/o.Late G.R.Sundramoorthy Rao Ghatte No.16/33, Chella Pillayar Koil Street Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.

[Door Number amended as No.16/33 vide order of Court dated 12.03.2021 made in S.A.No.34/2021] .. Respondent /Appellant / Plaintiff Prayer : Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of Civil Procedure Code praying to allow the appeal by setting aside the judgment and decree passed in A.S.No.187/2019 dated 26.11.2019 by the XVII Additional City Civil Judge, Chennai, reversing the judgment and decree passed by XV Assistant City Civil Court at Chennai in O.S.No.5653/2015 dated 08.12.2017 and pass such necessary order as this Court may deem fit in the circumstance of the case.

For Appellant : Mr.Adinarayana Rao For Respondent : Mr.C.Sivanesan JUDGMENT Th