1. Plaintiff in 0.S. No. 406 of 1988 on the file of District Munsif Court, Chengalpattu is

the appellant.

.2. Material, avermentsin the case could be summarised thus :

One Thulikkanam had four sons by name Chinnaikuzhanthai alias Chakkarai, Murugan, Veerabathran and Chinnappan. Chinnakuzhanthai had four daughters by name Kuppammal, Chinnakannammal, Theivanai and Vembuliammal. Theivanai and Vembuliammal are alive but they are dumb. Thendavarayan was the only son of Chakkarai and his wife was one Lakshmi. They had no issues. Plaintiff is the son of Chinnakannammal. One of the sons of Thulikkanam by name Veerabathran had four sons by name, Gopal, Arunachalam, Balaraman and Nagooran. Arunachalam is the first defendant and Balaraman and Nagooran are defendants 5 and 6 in the suit. Son of Nagooran is the 7th defendant. Arunachalam s legal heirs are defendants 2 to 4 and 8 to 11 in the suit.

3. According to plaintiff, he has obtained title to the property on the basis of Ex.Al executed by Gopal and Chinnappan. Gopal is the son of Veerabathran and Chinnappan is the son of Thulukanam. According to plaintiff the property belonged to them and the same was settled in favour of pl