1. The case of the plaintiff as set out in the plaint is as follows:-

The Plaintiff and the Defendants 1 and 2 are the children of late K.T.Sambandam, who died intestate on 14. 1998 at Madras and they are Hindus and governed by the Hindu Succession Act. The said K.T.Sambandam had worked as the Assistant Director of Small Industries Services Institute, Guindy, Chennai-32 and he died leaving behind his Wife S.Sakuntala, Daughter Maragatham, the Plaintiff herein and two sons, the Defendants 1 and 2 herein as his legal heirs. Ex.P1 is the legal heir certificate dated 6. 1998. His wife also died intestate on 15. 1998. Item (1) of the suit property is the dwelling house and item (2) is a piece of vacant land. K.T.Sambandam had no ancestral property and purchased the said item (1) of the suit property under sale deed dated 17. 1985, Ex.P2 and item (2) under sale deed dated 17. 1973, Ex.P3, from and out of his own earnings. The Plaintiff got married in the year 1985 to one G.Balasubramaniam, who is an Engineer by profession and at the time of their marriage, no dowry and costly gifts were given, as her father believed in discipline. The Plaintiff is living with her husband and