( 1 ) THE appeal and the revision petitions are inter connected and so theyare disposed of by this judgment. Plaintiffs 4 and 5 are the appellants. The first plantiff, their father, instituted the suit O. S. 120/59 against the five defendantsmembers of a joint Hindu familyin the Court of the District munsiff, Gutti which was subsequently transferred to the Court of the District munsif, Anantapur and renumbered as O. S. 63/62. Later on by an order passed by the District Judge that suit was transferred to the file of the subordinate Judge s Court, Anantapur where it was numbered as O. S. 1/65. The suit was instituted against the five defendants for eviction from the suit property which consists of five items of immovable property, on the averment that the property was purchased by the first plaintiff under a sale deed dated 9-11-55 for a consideration of Rs. 5,000/-from the Hindu joint family of which D1 to D5 are coparceners. Plaintiffs 2 and 3 are the lessees of the suit property. The first defendant is the father-in-law of the first plaintiff. D2 to D5 are the sons of first defendant.

( 2 ) THE defence taken in the written statement was that the alleged sale deed was