The appeal arises from a suit for partition filed by the respondents (plaintiffs) seeking separate possession of their undivided share in ancestral properties (Schedules A, B, and C). The primary ... dispute in the Supreme Court centers around the properties listed in Schedule C, claimed to be kattalai properties (religious endowments) and therefore not subject to partition. The contesting defendants (appellants) argued that these properties were gifted to Madurai Devasthanam Tirupparankundram Andavar Subramaniaswamy via a gift deed in 1907 and were managed by a designated line of trustees according to the terms of the gift and subsequent wills.