S. Ravindra Bhat, J.

1. In this suit, the plaintiff claims partition and other consequential relief. The pedigree table/Family tree, for a better understanding of the dispute is reproduced below.

Rai Bahadur Dev Singh Bisht _______________________|____________________ | | Thakur Dan Singh Bist Thakur Mohan Singh Bist | [SEPARATED ON 29-03-1956] | _________________________________ | | | Smt. Ganga Devi | Smt. Lila Wati | | | | Smt. Jagat Raj Kumari | | | | Smt. Parvati Bist | |__________________________________ Wife of Defendant No.1 | | | | | | |_____________________________________ | | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Arjun Ajay Bisht Ashok | | | Bisht (Deft. 4) Bisht (Deft. 3) Manjula Singh | | (Deft. No.2) (Deft. 12) | | | | _____________________________________________________________| | | | | | Mrs. Neelam | | | | | | | Ms. Pushpa | | | Parihar | Katoch (Def.7) | Ms Saroj | (Deft. No.11) | | Singh (Deft. 6) | | Ms. Hemlata Jamwal (Def. 5) | | | | Mrs. Asha | Rathore | (Deceased) | | Lata Chauhan (Pltf) | _________________________ | | Sandeep Supriya (Deft. No. 8) Rathore (Deft. No.9)

2. In the present suit partition of two properties which