SHARAD MANOHAR, J.:---The appellants before me are the heirs and legal representatives of original defendant No.1, who has filed this appeal against the decree for partition passed by the trial Court in flavour of plaintiffs and defendant No. 4. The original plaintiffs are respondents Nos,1and 2 and original defendant No. 1 is respondent No. 3 before me. Original defendants Nos. 4 to 7 are respondents Nos. 5 to 8 before me. Original defendants Nos. 2 and 3 appear in this appeal is two-fold capacity (i) their individuals capacity (ii) in their capacity of heirs of deceased defendant Nos. 1.

For the sake of convenience, the parties will be referred to as plaintiffs and defendants.

2. For understanding the claim of plaintiffs, it is useful referring to the genealogy which is as follow :

Ramchandra Hanmanta Laxman

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Shankar Vishwanath

(Deft.No. 1) (Deft.No. 3)

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Bhanudas Nivrutti Ganpat Bhaskar |

(Plff. 1) (Plff. 2) (Deft,2) (Deft,3) |

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