JUDGMENT :

ASHOK S. KINAGI, J.

1. This appeal is filed by the appellant challenging the judgment and decree dated 22.06.2013 passed in R.A.No.22/2003 by the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge and J.M.F.C., Madhugiri.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to based on their ranking before the Trial Court. The appellant was the plaintiff and the respondents were the legal heirs of the defendants.

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

The plaintiff filed a suit for declaration to declare that he is the owner of the suit schedule properties and for a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the plaintiff’s peaceful possession and enjoyment of the suit schedule properties. It is the case of the plaintiff that the suit schedule properties are situated at Rayavara village in Sy.No.170/2.B6 measuring 30 guntas, out of which 15 guntas and the boundaries are specified and another item of property is situated in Sy.No.170/2.B3 measuring 5 guntas. The suit schedule properties belong to the plaintiff and he had purchased the same from defendant no.1 under a registered sale date dated 16.08.1994 for valuable cons