1. The plaintiff who is the karnavan of a divided branch of a Nambudiri Illom whose suit for redemption filed on the 24th Karkatakam 1119 numbered as O.S. 746/1119, District Munsiff's Court, Irinjalakuda and the appeal filed by him in the District Court of Anjikaimal (A.S. 404 of 1121) were dismissed, has come up before us in second appeal.

2. The property sought to be redeemed covers an extent of 2 acres and 88 cents of paramba out of a larger area of 3 acres and 60 cents from out of which an extent of 72 cents was assigned by the plaintiff to a stranger. The entire extent of 3 acres 60 cents was demised to the 1st defendant by the plaintiff's Illom on the 13th of Kanni 1084 under Ext. 11 which is called a Kozhuvirakka Panayadharam. The 1st defendant on even date executed an ethir deed in favour of the plaintiff's Illom which is Ext. A. At a partition between the 1st defendant and others (Ext. C) the property was allotted to other parties thereto and the 1st defendant having retained no part of it, remained exparte in the case. The allottees at the partition transferred their parcels and defendants 2, 3, 4 and 17 were the owners at the time of the suit interested in var