Marappa Gounder, the plaintiff is the appellant herein. Ramalingam and Nataraja Gounder, the defendants are the respondents herein.

2.The plaintiff filed the suit for partition and separate possession of his half share in the suit property, contending that the same was purchased from the brothers of the defendants. The suit was decreed by the trial Court. However, the lower appellate Court, in the appeal filed by the defendants, set aside the judgement and decree of the trial Court and the suit was dismissed, upholding the contention of the defendants that they are in adverse possession. Challenging the same, the plaintiff has filed the second appeal before this Court.

3.The case of the plaintiff is as follows:-

The suit property is an extent of 3.06 acres in S.No.490-C, situated in Kolanalli Village. The suit property originally belonged to two brothers, by name, Seeranga Gounder and Muthusamy Gounder. Sellakumaraswamy Gounder is the son of Seeranga Gounder. Ramalingam and Nataraja Gounder, the defendants, are the sons of Muthusamy Gounder. After the death of Seeranga Gounder and Muthusamy Gounder, Sellakumaraswamy Gounder and the defendants partitioned the property throu