Sethuraman, J.-This is an appeal filed by the plaintiff in O.S. No. 107 of 1969 on the file of the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Chidambaram. There was one Rengasami Vandayar, who died in or about 1940. His four sons are Booraswami, the plaintiff, Rajakannu, the first defendant, Chinnadurai, the second defendant and Dharmalinga, the third defendant. He owned certain properties. According to the plaintiff the four sons of Rengasami Vandayar were living as members of a Hindu undivided family till about 1964. In that year there was a division of the movables and the respective brothers started separate messes. The parties were, it is said, put in possession of the properties of the joint family for the purpose of convenient enjoyment. The second defendant was alleged to have entered into partition with his sons, defendants 4 to 6, later on under which some of the joint family properties were sought to be divided. According to the plaintiff, some properties had been purchased in the names of defendants 4 to 8 out of joint family funds. The plaintiff, therefore, issued a registered notice to the defendants on 1st September, 1969 to have all the joint family properties divided and al

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