Mohan, J.

1. The plaintiff is the appellant before us.

2. The appellant filed O.S.No. 107 of 1973 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Judge of Pondicherry (i) for a declaration of title to the suit properties; (ii) for recovery of possession of Schedule C-1 and C-2 properties; and (3) for a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the possession and enjoyment of the plaintiff of Schedules B-1 to B-4,

3. The plaint averments, inter alia, are as under:- Rangasamy Gounder, the husband of the plaintiff, was the original owner of the suit properties mentioned in the plaint schedule. He acquired the same in his personal name for his own benefit, with his private and personal fund. He had independent means of his own, as he was trading in bricks, which provided him with considerable personal income. Under the Hindu Law, as it prevailed at Pondicherry, there was no joint family between father and sons during the lifetime of the father and the sons do not get any right by birth. The father of Rangasamy Gounder, i.e. Subbaraya Gounder, did not have sufficient means for his livelihood. Hence Rangasamy Gounder maintained his father out of his own personal