Srinivasan, J.

This thirty year old litigation was initiated by Sundararaja Bagavadar, son of Nannayya Bagavadar, for a declaration that the donation of 17th February, 1949 made by the latter had absorbed in full the disposable quota and consequently the former was the owner of l/3rd share in the undivided properties, being the subject matter of donations dated 17th March, 1959 and 27th July, 1960 and the will dated 27th February, 1961 executed by the latter and for partition besides other reliefs. Even before the suit was taken up for trial, the plaintiff died and his three sons came on record as plaintiffs 2 to 4 to continue the litigation. Nannayya Bagavadar had two wives, Sankara Ammal and Ranganayaki Ammal. Through his first wife, he had two daughters and three sons. The eldest son was the first plaintiff. The sons of the second son were impleaded as plaintiffs 5 to 9 and after the death of the 6th plaintiff, his legal representatives came on record as plaintiffs 10 to 12. The third son was the fifth defendant in the suit and on his death, his daughter was impleaded as 6th defendant. Defendants 1 and 2 are the daughter and son-in-law of Ranganayaki Ammal, the second