1. Both the civil revision petitions have arisen in this way: One Sriramulu Naidu was the original owner of the property. Jayalakshmi, the first petitioner in C.R.P.No.2895 of 1998 herein, is the wife of Sriramulu Naidu. Sriramulu Naidu and Jayalakshmi had three sons by name Jayachandra Babu, Jayaraman and Mohan Babu. The second petitioner in C.R.P.No.1896 of 1999, Gunavathi, is the wife of Jayachandra Babu, the third petitioner Hemanthkumar Babu, the fourth petitioner N.J.Padmavathi, and the fifth petitioner N.J.Geetha (Minor) are the children of Jayachandra Babu. Apart from the three sons, Sriramulu Naidu had a daughter by name Sarojini, whose husband was one Balakrishnan. Regarding the property in dispute, Sriramulu Naidu executed a settlement deed in favour of Balakrishnan on 14. 1974. The settlement deed was attested by all his three sons. Sriramulu Naidu died during 1979.

.2. Balakrishnan had leased out the property to his brother-in-law Jayaraman. Later, Balakrishnan instituted proceedings in R.C.O.P.No.277 of 1982 for wilful default in payment of rent. Eviction was ordered on 30.3.1983. Balakrishnan instituted execution proceedings in E.P.No.592 of 1983. Jayalak