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17. There is also clinching evidence to negative the contentions raised by the appellant. He filed O. S. 364 of 1954 on the file of tho District Munsif Court, Parvathipuram in respect of these suit lands. The true copy of the plaint was marked as Ex. A. 20 in the case. To that suit he impleaded one Ganta Laxminaldu (one of the three original trustees) and Narayanas-wami Naidu, son of Laxminaidu the other original trustee. He alleged therein that the land covered by Jiraiti patta No. 58 was obtained by the three trustees, and the income therefrom was being utilised for the benefit of "Srirama Man-diram" for Bhoragadulu of Srirama Mandiram, which they got constructed with the aid of public subscriptions. He filed that suit for recovery of Rs. 75 as damages for the crop unlawfully taken away by defendants 2 to 5 therein. It is dear from these averments that the plaintiff filed the suit in his capacity as the trustee and impleaded D. 1 and D. 2 in the same capacity. These allegations negative the present contention of the appellant that the suit lands are his private properties. The fact that the two other trustees aid not evince sufficient interest in the present litigation and had to be impleaded as defendants, would not, in the least support the appellant's contention that it became his personal property. The judgment in that case is Ex. A. 9, The first issue raised in that suit was: Whether the plaintiffs and D. 1 and D. 2 had title to the suit lands. The learned District Munsif on a very exhaustive consideration of the evidence found that issue in the affirmative. It would thus be seen that the title of Sriram Mandiram to the suit lands was not only admitted by the appellant but also found by the Court of the District Munsif, Parvathipuram in O. S. No. 364 of 1984.