1. Heard. Admit.

With the consent of parties, appeal is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage.

2. The appellant is taking exception to the judgment and decree passed by the District Judge3, Nashik in Regular Civil Appeal No.1/2007 decided on 2nd May 2011. The appellants-original plaintiffs instituted suit being Regular Civil Suit No.133/2000 claiming partition and separate possession of movable and immovable properties. The plaintiff No.1 is the widow of deceased Nandkishor Gaidhani and daughter-in-law of defendant No.1Shri Damodar Govind Gaidhani. The plaintiff Nos.2 and 3 are the daughters of plaintiff No.1 out of wedlock with deceased Nandkishor Gaidhani. Defendant No.2Arvind Gaidhani is the son and defendant Nos.6 and 7, namely Usha and Mangal are daughters of defendant No.1. Defendant Nos.3 to 5 are the brothers of defendant No.1. According to the plaintiffs, deceased Nandkishor and defendant No.1 constituted a Hindu Joint Family. Nandkishor, the husband of plaintiff No.1 died on 26th January 1993. The other defendants were not maintaining the plaintiffs, as such, she was compelled to reside separately. The plaintiffs claimed partition and separate poss