(1.) The present original side appeal has been instituted to assail the judgment and decree passed in C.S.No.51 of 2024, granting permission to sell Public Trust properties at S.Nos.290/1 to 290/8, 291/1A to 291/9, 292/1 to 292/18, 293/3 to 293/18, 294/1 to 294/22 and 264/8 at Kattagaram Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District to an extent of 23.51 acres for a sum of Rs.16.00 Crore.
(2.) Civil Suit has been instituted by the Public Trust and its Trustee under Order VII Rule 1 and Sec. 92(f) of Code of Civil Procedure, seeking permission to sell the properties of the Public Trust. No one has been shown as defendant.
(3.) The plaintiff/Trust was founded by Mrs.Saradha Sekhar, via Trust Deed (Document No.74 of 1995 dtd. 30/10/1995), registered on the file of Joint Sub-Registrar-I, Dharmapuri. Properties were purchased as per the Trust Deed Clauses. After her demise, the present Trustees have taken over the Trust with Supplementary Deeds executed on 28/9/1998, registered as Document No.74 of 1998 and on 11/7/2002 vide Document No.123 of 2002. The present Managing Trustee, Mr.S.Venkateshwaran, took charge on 11/8/2018 and as per Supplementary Deed dtd. 13/4/2022, at present the Board of Trustees are as follows: