JUDGEMENT :- Defendants 1 to 5 in O.S. No.32 of 1976, Sub Court, Sivaganga, are the appellants in this appeal. The respondent herein instituted that suit as an indigent person for a declaration that as heir to her father Velu Ambalam, she is entitled to the suit properties and for recovery of possession of those properties from the appellants. The respondent claimed that she is the daughter of late Velu Ambalam and one Karupayee (P.W. 5) who were married and to whom the respondent was born on 3-11-1943, at Amaravathi Pudur, where all of them were living together till 1950. According to the case of the respondent, the first appellant, whose children are appellants 2 to 5, was the daughter of the sister of Velu Ambalam and she was brought into the family to be of assistance but later Velu Ambalam developed intimacy with her as a result of which appellants 2 to 5 were born. There was no marriage between Velu Ambalam and the first appellant, according to the respondent. The further case of the respondent was that due to the instigation of the first appellant, she and her mother Karupayee (P.W. 5) the legally wedded wife of Velu Ambalam, were driven out of the house some time i