The above Second Appeal has been filed by the first defendant in O.S. No. 56 of 1978 on the file of the District Munsif of Ariyalur, who died during the pendency of the above Second Appeal and whose Legal Representatives are pursuing the above proceedings in this Court against the Judgment and decree of the learned Subordinate Judge, Ariyalur, dated 10-9-1992 in A.S. No. 130 of 1981 reversing the judgment and decree of the learned Principal District Munsif, Ariyalur dated 28-I-1981 in O.S. No. 56 of 1978.

2. The Suit O.S. 10. 56 of 1978 was filed by the first respondent herein for redemption of the suit property from the mortgage by conditional sale deed dated 20-3-1959, for directing the first defendant to surrender possession of the suit property to the plaintiff, for ascertaining the mesne profits from the date of plaint till delivery of possession from the first defendant to the plaintiff and for costs in the following circumstances:- The plaintiff claims that the suit property along with other properties originally belonged to one Valambal, who sold the same to one Ramasamy Pathar, husband of the second defendant under a sale deed dated 4-1-1932, that again Valambal