Devadoss, J.

1. Plaintiff is the son of the 2nd defendant The 1st defendant is the Official Receiver of Masulipatam. Defendants 3 to 5 are vendees of the plaint property from the 1st defendant. The plaintiff has brought this suit for declaration that the sale by the 1st defendant of the plaintiffs share of the property to defendants 3 to 5 is invalid and for a division by metes and bounds of his share of the property. The plaintiffs case is that the 2nd defendant, his father, was leading an immoral life and that he contracted debts for purposes which could not bind the plaintiff, his undivided son, and that the Official Receiver had no right to sell his share of the property to the defendants 3 to

5. The 2nd defendant applied to be adjudicated an insolvent on 24th January, 1918. His petition was referred for disposal to the Official Receiver on 31st January, 1918. The 2nd defendant was adjudicated insolvent on 15th July, 1918. The Official Receiver held an auction sale of the property of the insolvent on 25th August, 1918, and executed a sale deed in favour of the defendants 3 to 5 on 12th September, 1918. The plaint was filed on 27th June, 1919. The District Munsif gave a pr