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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
D. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy – Appellant
Versus
D. Hanumanthamma – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO, J.
1. This Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure [for short "the C.P.C.’], is filed by the Appellant/plaintiff challenging the Decree and Judgment, dated 06.08.2003, in O.S.No.55 of 1996 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Adoni, [for short "the trial Court’]. The Respondents herein are the defendants in the said Suit.
2. The appellant herein is the plaintiff and the respondents herein are the defendants in O.S.No.55 of 1996 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Adoni.
3. Originally, the appellant/plaintiff herein filed the suit in O.S.No.55 of 1996 against defendant Nos.1 to 3, seeking for partition of the plaint schedule properties into two halves and to allot one such share to the plantiff.
4. Both parties in the Appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed before the trial Court.
5. The case of the appellant/plaintiff as per the plaint averments in O.S.No.55 of 1996, in brief, is as follows:
The plaintiff is the son of D. Hanuma Reddy, the defendant No.1 is his stepmother, and the defendant Nos.2 and 3 are his step sisters. The plaintiff pleaded that he, his mother, and defendant Nos.1 to 3 are living jointl
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