JUDGMENT

R.V.RAVEENDRAN, J.

Leave granted. Parties will be referred by their ranks in the first matter arising from the suit for possession in RCS No.278/1993.

2. The case of appellants is as under : The appellants are brothers and are the owners of premises No.289 (New No.424) Gandhi Chowk, Vita (described in schedule `A' to the plaint and referred to as the `said property'). Two rooms in the said property, one measuring 10' 6" x 22' and the other measuring 10' x 10' (described the schedules B and C to the plaint and together referred to as the "suit portions") are the subject matter of the dispute. The said property originally belonged to Ranganath Bhandare, who was living in the said property with his wife Laxmibai (mother of the appellants), two sons (appellants 1 and 2) and a daughter. After the death of Ranganath Bhandare, the daughter got married in 1984 and started living separately. Appellant No.2 got married in 1985 and shifted to Sangli in connection with his employment in the beginning of 1986. Appellant No.1 was away at Pune in connection with his employment. Thus appellants' mother Laxmibai who was aged and suffering from several complaints was staying alone in the sai