JUDGMENT :

R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO, J.

1. One Durvasula Naidu had filed O.S. No. 2 of 1975 in the Court of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Tirupati, against his father Sri. Enugu Rangaiah Naidu (Defendant No. 1), his mother Smt. Enugu Yengamma (Defendant No. 2), his sister Smt. Yenugu Neelamma (Defendant No. 3), Sri. Pulivanthi Subba Naidu (Defendant No. 4) and Sri. Killa Adivi Naidu (Defendant No. 5) for partition of properties described in Schedule B, C and D annexed to the Plaint, on the ground that they were joint family properties. Defendant No. 4 and 5 were arrayed as parties to the suit as they are said to be nominal purchasers of certain extents of land in Schedule B and C from Sri. Enugu Rangaiah Naidu. Shedule B consisted of about 25 Acres of Land and Schedule C consisted of Ac. 6.84 cents of land in various survey numbers of Thimminaidupalem Village, Chittoor District. Schedule D was livestock consisting of Two Bullocks and one Buffalo and at this point of time is irrelevant. The suit was valued at one place in the Plaint at Rs. 30,000/- for the purposes of Jurisdictio