R. Gururajan, J.--The Plaintiff is the Appellant in this case.

2. The facts of this case would show how the wheel of justice is moving in Trial Courts. A suit of 1972 in O.S. No. 2336 of 1972 (renumbered as 342 of 1980) is disposed of on 21.12.2001 exactly after 29 years. The prayer in the suit is for a declaration for the previous proceedings taken by the Plaintiff against the Defendant in respect of suit property are vitiated and the decisions, orders and decrees passed in those proceedings are not binding on the Plaintiff. Those proceedings were initiated way back in the years 1960 and 1963. I have given these brief facts to show the necessity of moving forward the wheels of justice so that the confidence in our Courts are not shaken or disturbed in the larger interest of an orderly society. Unless effective steps are taken to speed up these civil disputes, days are not far off for the litigant public to avail other extra legal methods to get the relief to the detriment of orderly society.

3. With the above said preface, let me give the facts in the case on hand.

4. The Plaintiff-Appellant seeks a declaration as the owner of the suit property in addition to a declaration th