JUDGMENT

L. Nageswara Rao, J.

The Appellant filed a civil suit for a declaration that she is the adopted daughter of the Respondent and Late Narasimhulu Naidu. She sought for partition of the suit schedule property. The suit was dismissed and the judgment of the trial court was upheld by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad. Aggrieved by the judgment, the Appellant has filed the above Appeal.

2. O.S. No. 190 of 2004 was filed by the Appellant in the City Civil Court, Hyderabad. It was averred in the plaint that both the natural parents and the Appellant died when she was very young. Her mother is the sister of the original Respondent-M. Sarla Devi (died)-Respondent herein. Appellant pleaded in the suit that she was brought up as the daughter of the Respondent-M. Sarla Devi and her husband Late Narasimhulu Naidu. In the records of School and College, the names of the original Respondent and her husband were entered as the parents of the Appellant. Even in the government records like ration card, etc., the Appellant was mentioned as the daughter of the original Respondent and her husband.

3. Narasimhulu Naidu worked as a Lift Operator in the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Boar