JUDGMENT :

1. The Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of the Civil Procedure, is filed by the appellant/2nd defendant challenging the decree and judgment dt.30.11.2012 in O.S.No.117 of 2004 passed by the XI Additional District Judge, Fast Track Court, Guntur at Tenali (for short, ‘trial court’).

2. The parties will hereinafter be referred to as arrayed before the trial court.

3. The facts leading to the present appeal in a nutshell are as under :

(a) The plaintiff and defendants 1 and 2 are the parties to the sale agreement. The 1st defendant is the father of the 2nd defendant. The 3rd defendant is the married daughter of the 2nd defendant. The 4th defendant is the wife of the 1st defendant. Defendants 5 to 9 are the daughters of the 1st defendant. During the ongoing legal proceedings, the 1st defendant passed away, and Defendants 4 to 9 are brought on record as other legal representatives of the 1st defendant.

(b) The plaint schedule property is the 1st defendant's self-acquired property, which he purchased from Koganti Subbaiah and others under a Registered Sale Deed dated 04.04.