This second appeal is filed by the plaintiffs against the judgment of the Subordinate Judge of Guntur reversing the decree of the District Munsif, Guntur, in their favour. The reliefs claimed in the plaint are a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from disturbing their possession or in the alternative for possession and alternatively for division of the suit properties and allotment of four-fifths share to them. There was prayer for mesne profits also.

The material facts are these: The plaintiffs who were minors at the time of the filing of this suit are the sons of the first defendant. The first defendant and the plaintiffs constitute a Hindu joint family of which the first defendant is the manager. The family owned considerable properties including the suit properties. The properties in suit were given to the adoptive mother of the first defendant in lieu of her maintenance. On the and of February, 1944, the first defendant entered into an agreement for the purchase of lands in a village called Kakumanu and paid an advance of Rs. 450. He had to get a sum of Rs. 700 from the vendors. In order to find the balance of the purchase money he sold the lands in ques