Yahya Ali, J.

1. Seshadri Aiyangar had two sons, Rangachari and Raghavachari both of whom died issueless. Rangacharis widow is Ambujammal who is the appellant. Raghavacharis widow was Tiruvengadammal who adopted her daughters son Padmanabhachari, whose father was her son-in-law, Chakravarthi Aiyangar. Ambujammal filed O.S. No. 29 of 1921 against Tiruvengadammal and Chakravarthi, the latter for being in possession of the property belonging to the family. She claimed a half-share in the properties and she questioned the adoption. The suit was ultimately compromised. On the 22nd August, 1922, a compromise decree was passed which provided for the payment of Rs. 225 per annum to her towards maintenance, the payment to be in two instalments one in March and the other in June. The decree was being executed until O.S. No. 154 of 1935 was filed by Chakravarthi Aiyangar praying for the reduction of the maintenance amount awarded under the compromise decree. It was not precisely a reduction but it was a prayer to convert the maintenance into grain basis from cash basis which in effect led to a reduction. Chakravarthi Aiyangar succeeded to some extent as the first Court decreed that mai