K.M. Natarajan, J.

1. This appeal is directed by defendants 1, 2, 4 to 6 and 8 to 10 in O.S. No. 49 of 1982 on the file of the Sub-Court, Pattukottai (Respondents in the same order in A.S. No. 170 of 1984 on the file of the District Court, West Thanjavur) against the order of remand passed by the lower appellate Court.

2. Respondents 1 and 2 herein, who are appellants-Plaintiffs in A.S. No. 170 of 1984, filed the suit for the reliefs of declaration and injunction. The case of the plaintiffs as set out before the trial Court can be briefly stated as follows:

3. The suit properties consist of our items and they originally belonged to one Ramasamy Thevar. He is alleged to have executed three settlement deeds Exs. A3, A4 and A5 and a sale deed Ex. A6 in favour of the fourth defendant, Seethalakshmi, Alamelumangai and the sixth defendant respectively. The sixth defendant is a close friend of Ramasami Thevar. The ninth defendant is alleged to be in possession of some of the properties through the daughter of Ramasamy Thevar, the tenth defendant. The tenth defendant is the husband of the fourth defendant. It is the further case of the plaintiffs that Ramasami Thevar executed a Will u