1. These first appeals are filed against common judgment dated 19.02.2001 in OS.No.52 of 1994 and OS.No.8 of 1998 on the file of the Court of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ongole. As these are first appeals, the parties are referred to as plaintiffs and defendants as in the lower Court only.

2. The brief facts of the cases are that:

OS. No. 52 of 1994 is filed by the plaintiffs against defendant Nos.1 to 4 for partition of the plaint properties into 12 equal shares and for allotment and separate possession of five such shares to them, for future profits and also for costs of the suit.

OS.No.8 of 1998 is filed originally as OS.No.465 of 1994 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Ongole, by the plaintiffs for grant of permanent injunction restraining the defendants and their men and relatives from interfering with their peaceful possession and enjoyment of the plaint schedule properties therein and also for costs of the suit.

3. The averments in the suit OS.No.52 of 1994 are that the plaintiffs are a father and daughter. Defendant No.1 is the younger brother of the first plaintiff. Defendant Nos.3 and 4 are the sisters of the first plaintiff and defendant No.1. Defenda