Parish Churches under the Malankara Church from out of the control, constitution and hierarchy of Malankara Church and the first defendant is a sympathiser of the said association. It is stated in the plaint that on 23.3.1975, with a view to remove the plaint schedule church from the hierarchy of Malankara Church, the first defendant caused the second defendant to announce in the church that a parish meeting to elect the office bearers of the plaint schedule church will be held on 6th of April, 1975. According to the plaintiffs, only those parishioners who owe allegiance to the Catholicose and the Malankara Metropolitan and the constitution of the Malankara church are entitled to attend the meetings of the Parish Yogam or participate in the election to the office bearers of the plaint schedule church. It is the case of the plaintiffs that there are a number of persons in the plaint schedule church who defy the authority of the Catholicose and the Constitution of Malankara church and if a meeting of the plaint schedule church is permitted to be convened without settling the list of members entitled to participate in the Yogam, it is likely that the temporal administration of the assets of the plaint schedule church would go to the hands of the people who are opposed to the Catholicose and the constitution of Malankara church. The plaintiffs, in the circumstance, claimed the
