1. Defendants in O.S.No.813 of 1993 on the file of Junior Civil Judge at Sulthanabad, who are the respondents in A.S.No.27 of 2001 on the file of Senior Civil Judge at Peddapalli, preferred this Second Appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC for short) challenging the decree and judgment passed by the Appellate Court holding that the plaintiff is the owner of the property by reversing the findings recorded by the trial Court.

2. For convenience of reference, the ranks given to the parties before the trial Court in O.S.No.813 of 1993 will be adopted through out the Judgment.

3. The plaintiff filed the suit initially for perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their men from ever interfering with his possession and enjoyment of the schedule property and later he converted the suit into a declaratory suit claiming declaration of title over the suit schedule property.

4. It is the case of the plaintiff, that he purchased the land admeasuring Ac.3.09 cents in Sr.No.187 situated at Rayakaldevpalli Village in Julapalli Mandal out of Ac.4.32 guntas from late Samudrala Bhadraiah for consideration of Rs.4,000/- and since then the plaintiff is in