The unsuccessful defendant in O.S.No.242 of 1992 on the file of the Additional District Munsif Court, Kanchipuram, is the appellant in the above second appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their ranking in the suit.

3. The case of the plaintiff, in-brief, is as follows:-

a. The father of the plaintiff, namely, Kuppusamy Mudaliar, executed Ex.A1 Settlement Deed, dated 26. 1981, which covered the suit property also and ever since the settlement deed was executed, the plaintiff was in possession and enjoyment of the same by obtaining a separate patta. The suit property is a land measuring to an extent of 0.54 cents comprised in S.No.99/1 in Karai Village, Kanchipuram Taluk. The plaintiffs sister, the second defendant, filed a suit in O.S.No.787 of 1981 in the Court of Additional District Munsif, Kanchipuram, questioning the validity of the settlement deed Ex.A1. In the suit a compromise decree dated 13. 1991 was passed. As per the compromise decree, the second defendant, who was the plaintiff in O.S.No.787 of 1981 got one acre out of 2.16 acres in S.No.155/1 and an extent of 0.50 cents out of 0.76 cents in S.No.155/2. The plaintiff g