Thangamani, J.

The family of Rao Bahadur Sen-thilkumara Nadar of Virudhunagar is one of the richest in this part of the country. It owns extensive extents of plantations in Shervaroy Hills and Kerala besides other assets including a spinning Mill at Tuticorin. It is also having a very flourishing foreign trade of coffee. The family has also its business in Mangalore, Coimbatore, Bangalore and Virudhunagar. M.S.Periaswami Nadar is the eldest of the three sons of Senthi Kumara Nadar. There was a partition among Senthi Kumara Nadar and his sons under Ex.B-76 dated 4. 1941. Appellant Rajesh and first respondent Raja are the sons of Periaswami Nadar. The father and two sons in turn divided their family properties under Ex.B-2, dated 9. 1954. Periaswami Nadar died on 21. 1955. Under Ex.A-2, dated 110. 1956 appellant, first respondent and their mother Thangammal partitioned the properties left by Periaswami Nadar. Schedule ‘A’ of this partition deed relates to the properties allotted to the mother. They include suit items 1,12,13 and 14. Item 1 is a house known as Thanga Mahal Maligai in Virudhunagar. This bears Door Nos.93 to 96 of Ramamoorthi Road and measures 460’ east-west