Anand Byrareddy, J : Heard the learned Counsel for the appellant.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The appellants were the plaintiffs before the Trial Court and are accordingly referred to for the sake of convenience. The plaintiffs are residents of Tharabanahalli, Jala Hobli, Bangalore North Taluk. They claim that the suit properties are their joint family properties. The propositus was one Appayanna one Huchappa, who owned and possessed several immovable properties of the village. The family consisted of over one hundred and twenty members. It is the plaintiffs' case that in order to enjoy the family properties separately a' "panchayath palupatti" or "panchayath partition" was effected and was reduced to writing on 20.2.1990. The particulars of the items of the property allotted to the plaintiffs' branch forms the suit properties. The plaintiffs as well as the other members of the several branches of the family had subscribed their hand to the family arrangement and settlement and the respective parties had over a period of time enjoyed their respective shares. The revenue records were similarly effected in the names of the respective parties. The properties h