1. The first appeal arises out of a partition decree passed in O S No 2 of 1977 of the Sub Court, Palghat The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal challenges the order of the court below appointing receiver for all the partible properties The revision petition is against the order sanctioning suction of certain items of properties between the parties in the final decree proceedings It is unnecessary to traverse all the allegations and pleadings since the counsel appearing on all sides agree that disputes in this court are limited to two sets of properties, namely, items 8 to 16 and 17 to 20 of the plaint schedule Admittedly items 1 to 7 and certain other items belonged to first defendant's father Narayanan Nair He died in 1939, leaving behind his widow Cheethamma and children After the death of Narayanan Nair, his properties devolved on his wife and children as puthravakasom properties His wife Cheethamma died in 1970 In 1969 there was an oral partition between the widow and the children, whereby items 1 to 7 were allotted to the share of tavazhi of first defendant There is no dispute in these items.

2. Items 8 to 16 originally belonged to Kannambra Nair veedu tarwad There was an