RATNAVEL PANDIAN, J.:- The first defendant in O. S. No. 5718 of 1968 on the file of the City Civil Court, Madras is the appellant herein. Respondents 1 and 2 herein filed the said suit for partition of the plaint schedule properties by metes and bounds and for allotment of a half share after allotting premises No. 48-A Gengu Reddi Street, to the defendants, for recovery of a half share in the plaint B Schedule moveable properties or their value of Rs. 250/-, for recovery of rental collections till date of suit after taking of accounts, for directing the defendants to pay half the rental collections at Rs. 350/- per mensem till delivery of possession of the plaintiffs' share and for costs.

2. Briefly the plaint allegations were as follows: Late Rao Bahadur P. Akilandam Naidu was the absolute owner of four house properties viz., Nos. 47, 48, 48-A and 48-B Gengu Reddi Street with garages, outhouses etc. By a settlement deed Ex. A-1 dated 17-2-1929, he gave the properties to himself and his wife Ranganayaki Ammal for life, to his foster son P. Parthasarathi Naidu and his wife Narayaniammal for life, and the remainder to Ram Mohan, the appellant herein (first defendant), and Rag