2025 INSC 1407 NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1926/2010
SIVANMALAI SUBRAMANIASWAMY DEVASTHANAM REP. BY ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICER APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
S. MUTHUSAMY GOUNDER (DEAD) BY LRS. & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
NAGARATHNA, J.
Being aggrieved by the judgment dated 03.08.2009 passed by
the High Court in Second Appeal No.732/1996, the defendants in
O.S. No.84/1990 have preferred this appeal.
2. Briefly stated the facts are that there were certain
proceedings which were initiated under the provisions of the
Tamil Nadu Inam (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari), Act,
1963 which resulted in orders in favour of the appellant
herein. However, liberty was reserved to the respondents herein
to file a suit seeking appropriate reliefs by the High
Court, as an Appellate Tribunal, by its order dated 22.09.1989.
3. On the strength of the said liberty, the respondents
herein preferred O.S. No.84/1990 before the sub-court
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Dharapuram and sought the reliefs of declaration of title as
well as permanent injunction. The said suit was dismissed by
the Trial Court by its judgment and decree dated 11.01.1994.
4. Being aggrieved by the dismissal of the suit, the
respondents/plaintiffs preferred a First Appeal before the
learned District Judge at Erode and the said First Appeal was
also dismissed. Hence, the Second Ap...