JUDGMENT :

EASWARAN S., J.

The appeal is preferred by the plaintiffs aggrieved by the dismissal of O.S.No.16/2006 as per judgment dated 31.01.2012 by the Munsiff’s Court, Perumbavoor, as confirmed by the first appellate court (Sub Court, Perumbavoor) in A.S.No.47/2012 by judgment dated 23.08.2013.

2. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the appeal are as follows:

The appellants/plaintiffs filed a suit for declaration of title, recovery of possession, and permanent prohibitory & mandatory injunction. In the year 1991, the predecessor of the plaintiffs, Sri.Gopalapanicker, purchased a two storied building and property as per sale deed No.2665/91 of SRO, Perumbavoor. The said Gopalapanicker entrusted that building to the 1^st plaintiff for running textile business. In the year 1994, Sri.Gopalapanicker bequeathed the said property to the 1^st plaintiff as per Will Deed No.38/1994 of SRO, Perumbavoor. The plaint schedule property is situated in re-survey No.4 in Block No.78 of Perumbavoor Village. In the rear side of the aforesaid two storied building, there is a courtyard and there exists a pit for flow of rain water to the drainage on the side of M.C. Road. In the year 2005, a port