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(i) According to the applicants/plaintiffs, the respondents-Trustees have been taking steps to illegally deal with the property(ies) belonging to the first respondent-Temple and also initiating measures for sale of some Temple properties to third parties. The first applicant has also approached this Court in W.P.No.7617 of 2020 seeking direction to the fourth respondent therein, namely the District Registrar, Chennai South, to hold enquiry into the illegal lease deeds executed by the fifth respondent therein (S.Manohar) of the lands belonging to the Temple on the basis of the letter in EN.3402/U2/2020, dated 05.02.2020 issued by the second respondent therein, namely The Inspector General of Registration, Chennai, to the fourth respondent therein, namely, the District Registrar, Chennai South. This Court, by order dated 13.05.2020, recorded the submission of the H..R. & C.E. Department that the sale therein is made without obtaining any permission from the H.R. & C.E. Department. The submission of the respondents 1, 2 and 4 therein, namely Secretary to Government, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/  Order dated 22.07.2021 in A.Nos.3005 and 3006 of 2020 Commercial Taxes and Registration Department, the Inspector General of Registration and the District Registrar, Chennai South, that the fourth respondent (District Registrar, Chennai South) shall not register any document before the completion of the enquiry to be conducted in respect of the lands belonging to the Temple, was also recorded. Thereafter, the District Registrar, Chennai (South) has clearly found that the sale was in contravention of Section 34 of the H.R. & C.E. Act and had annulled the sale.