The second appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree, dated 12. 1996,

made in A.S.No.51 of 1994, on the file of the Additional Sub Judge, Mayiladuthurai, confirming the judgment and decree, dated 24. 1994, made in O.S.No.364 of 1986, on the file of the District Munsif, Mayiladuthurai.

2. For the sake of convenience the parties in the appeal are referred to as they have been arrayed in the suit in O.S.No.364 of 1986.

3. The plaintiff in the suit O.S.No.364 of 1986 is the appellant in the present second appeal and the defendant in the said suit is the respondent in the second appeal. The plaintiff had filed the suit O.S.No.364 of 1986, on the file of the District Munsiff, Mayiladuthurai, praying for the relief of declaration to declare that the defendant in the suit had no right to alienate the suit property and for the relief of permanent injunction to restrain the defendant from executing any document in favour of any person.

4. It is the case of the plaintiff that he is the son of the defendant, namely, Parvatham Ammal. The plaintiffs father Sethurama Iyer had executed a Will, on 9. 1979, bequeathing the properties he had got under the partition along with c