(1) CA No. 4130 @ SLP (C) No. 8945 of 1997 Leave granted.

(2) RESPONDENTS 1 to 5 are the heirs of the two original plaintiffs. Respondent 6 is the original defendant in Suit No. 144 of 1971. The suit was filed by the original plaintiffs for possession which has been decreed on 11-10-1971. The first appeal as well as the second appeal were also dismissed. The judgment and decree in second appeal is dated 13-6-1982. The original decree-holders who are now represented by Respondents 1 to 5 applied for execution of the decree against the judgment-debtor, that is to say, the present Respondent 6, under Order 21 Rule 35 by an application dated 24-5-1978. In execution proceedings, the panchnama dated 6-3-1983 shows that execution was obstructed by the present appellant who declined to hand over the possession of the property to the bailiff on the ground that she was legally entitled to be in possession of the said property. The appellant was not a party to the suit proceedings.

(3) IN view of the obstruction so caused it was for the decree-holder to take appropriate steps under Order 21 Rule 97 for removal of the obstruction and to have the rights of the parties in