( 1 ) THIS letters patent appeal is from the judgment of a learned single Judge in A. S. No, 204 of 1978 allowing the appeal filed by respondents I to 3 herein against the judgment and decree in O. S. No. 21 of 1974 decreeing the suit filed by the appellant herein.

( 2 ) WHETHER the appellant-plaintiff --Karthikeya alias Krishna Murthy -- is the adopted son of Venkala Subbaiah, his junior paternal grandfather, is the only question that arises for consideration in this letters patent appeal.

( 3 ) ONE Narasimhulu was the great grandfather of the appellant and he had two sons --Perumailu, the paternal grand-father of the appellant and Venkata Subbaiah. Perumallu died in 1932 surviving him behind two sons and one daughter -- Srinivasa Varma, Govindarajulu (the Father of the appellant) and Adilakshmamma. Srinivasa Verma has one daughter and one son -- Nagabhushan-arama and Subrahmanyam. Govindarajulu has four sons including the appellant and one daughter. Venkata Subbaiah, the junior paternal grandfather of the appellant, died on 12-11-1966. His wife -- Govindamma --predeceased him 35 years back in 1931 surviving her behind Venkata Subbaiah, her husband, three daughters and one son. Th

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