JUDGMENT:- This appeal arises out of a judgment and decree, dated 29.08.1988, passed by the Court of the Principal Subordinate Judge, Chittoor in O.S.No.61 of 1981.

2. Over the past quarter of a century, almost all the original parties to the suit died, and their legal representatives are on record.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred as arrayed in the suit.

4. Sri Takkillapati Muniswami Naidu, the first defendant, had four sons, by name T. Krishnama Naidu, the plaintiff, T. Chengalraya Naidu, the second defendant, T. Doraswamy Naidu, the third defendant, T. Srinivasulu Naidu, the fourth defendant. His wife, Narayanamma, the fifth defendant. The family held vast extents of landed, and other properties. Doraswamy Naidu filed the suit for partition against his father, three brothers and mother. He pleaded that there was a severance of status of the joint family on account of the disputes among the womenfolk, but the properties were not divided by metes and bounds. According to him, the first defendant continued in the management of the entire properties and by taking advantage of his superior position in the family, he has alienated several items of

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