JUDGMENT :

The defendant in O.S.No.168/2015 on the files of Munsiff Court, Erattupetta is the appellant in R.S.A.No.17 of 2024. Plaintiffs in the above Suit are the respondents herein. The appellant assails the decree and judgment in the above Suit, which were confirmed by the appellate court in A.S.No.17/2021.

2. R.S.A.No.20 of 2024 is at the instance of the plaintiffs in O.S.302/2014 on the files of Munsiff Court, Erattupetta. The respondents are the defendants in the above Suit. Verdicts in O.S.No.302/2014 on the files of Munsiff Court, Erattupetta and A.S.No.16/2021 on the files of the Sub Court, Pala, are under challenge in this appeal.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the appellants on admission. Perused the judgments under challenge and the documents placed by the learned counsel for the appellants.

4. Originally O.S.No.302/2014 was filed by Sarasamma and another as plaintiffs arraying Nalini and others as defendants. The prayer in the Suit was to declare right of the plaintiffs over item No.3 property in the above Suit. According to Nalini and others, plaint item No.3 property is part and parcel of plaint items No.1 and 2.

5. By filing written statement, Nalini and others resist