( 1 ) DEFENDANTS 1 and 2 in Original Suit No. 582 of 1982 are the appellants in this appeal, plaintiff in O. S. No,582 of 1982 is respondent no 1. Defendants 3 to 6 and 7 to 9 are respondents 2 to 8. Parties in this Appeal are referred to by their ranks in the trial Court.

( 2 ) PLAINTIFF - B. K. Lakshmaiah filed a Suit for declaration that he is absolute owner of the plaint schedule property and for permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 and 2 from interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the plaint schedule property with costs and other reliefs as deemed fit.

( 3 ) THE schedule property is described as portion of Survey No. 3 of Bommmanahalli village, Bangalore South Taluk, measuring one acre twenty eight guntas with boundaries given in the schedule with standing crops of horse-gram etc.

( 4 ) THE plaint averments are that the plaintiff and defendants 3 to 6 form members of a joint Hindu family and they possessed joint family properties of which the plaint schedule property is one and they inherited these properties from the plaintiff's grand-father Bovigooga who is shown as Bingooba in taluk and revenue records and who was the original bara