P. Naveen Rao, J.

1. The unsuccessful Plaintiffs are the appellants herein. Original Suit No.1006 of 1994 is filed by the plaintiffs for partition of suit schedule property into four equal shares, allotment of their respective shares as between the plaintiffs and defendant No.1 and for delivery of possession of the respective share. Plaintiff Nos.1 and 3 are the sons and plaintiff No.2 is the daughter of defendant No.1; defendant No.2 is the fostered daughter of late Ramji Patangay and Smt. Laxmi Bai Patangay. Defendant No.3 is the husband of defendant No.2 and defendant Nos.4 and 5 are children of defendant Nos.2 and 3.

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

3. The case of the plaintiffs is that their grandfather late Ramji Patangay was the absolute owner and possessor of suit schedule property, which is a double storied house, bearing Municipal Nos.4-4-264, 4-4-265 and 4-4-266, admeasuring 2500 Sq. yards situated at Sultan Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad. Late Ramji Patangay died in the year 1956. During his life time, he married Smt. Laxmi Bai Patangay, who died in the year 1984 issueless. Late Ramji Patangay also married Smt. Rajam