G. Sasidharan, J.

The plaintiffs in O.S. No. 94 of 1981 on the file of the Munsiff's Court, Punalur are the appellants. The appellants filed the above suit for partition claiming that they have 8/11 share in the plaint schedule property. The case of the appellants is that the plaint schedule property belonged to the sub-tarwad since that property was allotted to the first respondent and her mother Narayani under Ext. Al settlement deed executed in their favour by Govindan, the father and Nangeli, the mother of Narayani. Appellants 3 to 8 are the children of the first appellant, appellants 1 and 2 are respondents 2 and 3 are the children of the first respondent and respondents 4 and 5 are strangers. Alleging that the plaint schedule property belonged to the sub-tarwad and that there are 11 members in that Sub-tarwad, the appellants claim 8/11 share in the plaint schedule property.

2. Respondents 1 to 5 raised the contention that the plaint schedule property was acquired by the deceased Govindan in the name of his wife Nangeli. It is the case of the respondents that Nangeli was only a name lender and that the property exclusively belonged to Govindan. Nangeli and Govindan