The First Appellate Court is required to provide a reasoned judgment addressing all issues, and failure to do so constitutes a ground for setting aside its decision.

JUDGMENT

1. This second appeal is filed by the appellants challenging the judgment and decree dtd. 20/12/2006, passed in R.A.No.221/2000 by the Fast Track Court-III, Kolar, confirming the judgment and decree dtd. 7/11/2000 passed in O.S.No.47/1998 by the Prl. Civil Judge (Jr.Dn.), Kolar.

2. For the sake of convenience, parties are referred to as per their ranking before the trial Court. Appellant Nos.1 and 2 are defendant Nos.1 and 2 and respondents 1 to 3 are the plaintiffs and respondent Nos.4 to 7 are defendant Nos.3 to 6.

3. The brief facts leading rise to filing of this appeal are as under:

The plaintiffs filed a suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction in respect of the suit schedule property. It is the case of the plaintiffs, that the plaintiffs are the absolute owners of the suit schedule property. It is contended that the suit schedule property was the ancestral property of the plaintiffs. The said property was acquired by the father of the plaintiffs through the partition, took place between the father of the plaintiffs and defendant No.1 and their brothers. In the said partition, the suit schedule property was fallen to the share of plaintiffs' father. The plaintiffs and their father are in joint possession and enjoyment of the suit schedule property. Earlier, the katha was standing in the name of grand father of the plaintiffs and after partition, the property was transferred in the name of father of the plaintiffs. It is contended that the plaintiffs father left the house about four years back and the plaintiffs have searched their father and even now searching but his whereabouts are not known. The defendants have no right, title or interest over the suit property. The defendants are trying to interfere into the peaceful possession of the plaintiffs over the suit schedule property. The plaintiffs requested the defendants not to interfere into the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the suit schedule property. But the defendants did not give any heed to the request made by the plaintiffs. It is contended that the defendants were concocted some forged documents to knock off the suit property from the plaintiffs and therefore they had given written complaint to the jurisdictional police. It is further submitted that, the suit property is attached to the Kolar City limits and the defendants are trying to dig a foundation pit for construction of residential building in the suit property and are trying to dispossess the plaintiffs from the suit property. Hence, cause of action arose for the plaintiffs to file a suit for declaration of title.

4. Defendant No.1 filed written statement denying the averments made in the plaint. It is admitted that the plaintiffs father Chinnappa, defendant No.1 and their brothers are the sons of Maddurappa constituted a Hindu Undivided joint family and in possession of all joint family properties including the suit property. It is contended that after the death of Maddurappa, the plaintiffs father Chinnappa and defendant No.1 and other brothers divided the joint family properties by taking their legitimate shares. It is denied that in the partition, the suit schedule property was fallen to the share of the plaintiffs father. It is denied that the katha was transferred in the name of the plaintiffs grandfather and thereafter in the name of the plaintiffs father. It is contended that after the partition, the said property was standing in the name of defendant No.1 and the plaintiffs' father name was entered in the RTC col.12/2. He denied that Chinnappa left the house about four years back and the plaintiffs have searched for their father, but his whereabouts are not know. It is contended that the plaintiffs father is alive and he had not co-operated with the plaintiffs to file false suit against these defendants. It is contended that the defendants have already constructed a tile roofed varanda with stone roofed wall in the suit land to store the agricultural implements about 1