1. Aggrieved by the decrees and common judgment dated 07.08.1996 passed in Original Suit No.208 of 1992, on the file of the Court of Additional Subordinate Judge, Tirupati, Chittoor district (for short, ‘the trial Court’), 1st defendant therein preferred Appeal Suit Nos.2424 of 1996 and the unsuccessful plaintiff therein preferred Appeal Suit No.238 of 1998 and the 1st defendant in O.S. No.102 of 1985, preferred Appeal Suit No.2476 of 1996.

2. For convenience of reference, the ranks given to the parties before the trial Court will be adopted throughout this common judgment.

3. The appellant in A.S. Nos.238 of 1998 is the plaintiff in O.S. No.208 of 1992 and, the appellant in A.S. No.2424 of 1996, the 1st defendant in O.S. No.208 of 1992 is supporting the plaintiff therein claiming respective share in partition of the schedule property; whereas, the appellant in A.S. No.2476 of 1996, 1st defendant in O.S. No.102 of 1985, was directed to deliver vacant possession of II and III floors of the schedule property within a month from the date of decree to the plaintiffs therein, who are his father and brother respectively. The property in O.S. No.102 of 1985 is one of the it