JUDGMENT :

Defendants 1 and 2 in O.S.No.58/82 on the file of District Judge, Adilabad, aggrieved by the Judgment and decree of the trial Court had preferred the above Appeal and defendants 5 to 9 had preferred the Cross Objections wherein they had questioned the marriage of Rajeshwar Reddy with the 1st plaintiff and the 2nd defendant.

2. For the purpose of convenience the parties will be referred to as plaintiffs and defendants only as shown in O.S.No.59/82.

3. The said suit was filed by the plaintiff for partition and separate possession of22/45th share in the plaint schedule properties. The trial Court after the respective pleadings of the parties and settlement of Issues had examined P.W.1 to P.W.5, D.W.1 to D.W.12 and had marked Exs.A-1 to A-16 and also Exs.B-1 to B-173 and ultimately had passed a preliminary decree and aggrieved by the same, the present appeal and the Cross-Objections had been preferred.

4. The plaintiffs had pleaded in the plaint as follows:

The suit properties consisting of Ac.2-26 guntas situated in Adilabad Revenue village and a house situated in Adilabad town and cash which is in deposit in Andhra Bank branch, Adilabad are the self acquisitions of late Rajeshw