( 1 ) ONE Smt. Balaga Bangaramma, second respondent herein died during the pendency of appeal in A. S. No. 7 of 1990 on the file of learned Senior Civil Judge, bobbili, who filed O. S. No. 143 of 968 for partition of the suit schedule property. The first respondent herein was the second defendant in the said suit along with certain other defendants who are not parties to the present revision petition. Admittedly, the suit was decreed. Thereafter, I. A. No. 1033 of 1975 was filed by the decreeholder for a final decree and the same was also allowed. Aggrieved by the said decree, the first respondent herein carried the matter in appeal in A. S. No. 54 of 1978 on the file of learned Subordinate Judge s Court, parvathipuram. It is pertinent to mention that subsequently, the appeal came to be transferred to the Court of the Subordinate judge, Bobbili and renumbered as A. S. No. 7 of 1990. It appears that the decreeholder died during the pendency of the first appeal. Thereafter, the sixth defendant herein i. e. , smt. Reddi Narayanamma @ China narayanamma filed I. A. No. 34 of 1983, wherein she claimed that she is the legatee of the deceased decree holder and in order to