Does a representative suit under Order I Rule 8 CPC require a common interest or common grievance among the persons represented?

Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 — s.7(9) — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Or.1 r.8 — Public trust — Suit by the Executive Officer — Representative suit — Declaration of title — Partition — Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 — s.7(9) — Maintainability of a suit by the Executive Officer — Held: An Executive Officer, whose powers are assigned by the Act, the Rules or a Scheme settled under it, can sue in the name of the religious institution with the approval of the competent authority. (¶41, 43) Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Or.1 r.8 — Common interest is the condition of a representative suit — Held further: A representative suit for partition is not maintainable where the plaintiffs neither prove that they are the legal heirs of the recorded pattadars nor establish a common interest or common grievance among those represented. (¶48) Revenue records — Resettlement — Clubbing of subdivisions — Held further: The merger of subdivisions into a single survey number at a resettlement cannot change the character of ownership or possession, and the holders of one subdivision do not thereby become owners of the whole. (¶59, 64) Declaration of title — Partition — Burden on the claimant — Held further: A plaintiff claiming joint ownership must prove it; documentary dealings by the founder over a century, unchallenged, together with kist receipts, leases and property registers, establish the charity's exclusive title. Appeal suits dismissed. (¶70, 81)