The above appeal has been filed against the order dated 20-8-1980 made in A. S. No. 44 of 1979 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Karur whereunder the lower appellate Court, while allowing the appeal and setting aside the judgment and decree of the trial Court, remanded the matter for fresh disposal in respect of two points, namely, (a) whether the plaintiffs are the only next or the nearest reversioners to the estate of Sami Pandaram; and (b) whether Veerabadran is or is not the next or nearest heir or a person in the male line of succession to Angamuthu, Vathan, Kappa and Chinniah.

2. The relevant facts for the purpose it deciding the points raised before me are as follows :

Respondents 1 and 2 have filed O. S. No. 69 of 1978 on the file of the District Munsif, Kulithalai praying (a) for a declaration that the plaintiffs, and 9th defendant, who is the 8th respondent before this Court, are entitled exclusively to the one-fourth right of the deceased paternal uncle Swami Pandaram in doing pooja services during that turn and in the income from the suit properties as his sole heirs at law and (b) for consequential relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendants