JUDGMENT :

B.V. NAGARATHNA, J.

1. These appeals assail the judgment and order dated 17th April, 2015, passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in Writ Petition Nos. 20607, 20608 and 20609 of 2013, whereby the High Court disposed of the Writ Petitions filed by plaintiff nos. 4 to 6 and has recalled order dated 7th July, 2012 by which the compromise had been recorded by the Lok Adalat, between the parties to Original Suit No. 876 of 2004, being a suit for partition and separate possession instituted by plaintiff nos. 1 to 6 on the file of the Court of the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Rural District, Bangalore.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to in terms of their rank and status in O.S. No. 876 of 2004.

3. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present appeal are that plaintiff nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 and defendant nos. 2 to 5 are children of M. Krishnappa and M. Mallamma, defendant no. 1. Plaintiff Nos. 2 and 3 are the sons of plaintiff no. 1, namely, K. Devraj. The Plaintiffs filed a suit for partition and separate possession, being O.S. No. 876 of 2004 on the file of the Court of the Civil Judge, Junior Division, Rural District Bangalore stating