Devadoss, J.

1. Plaintiff is the son of the 2nd defendant. The 1st defendant is the Official Receiver of Masulipatam. Defendants 6 to 5 are vendees of the plaint pro party from the 1st defendant. The plaintiff has brought this suit for declaration that the sale by the 1st defendant of the plaintiffa share of the property to defendants 3 to JIB invalid and for a division by metes and bounds of his share of the property. The plaintiff soaae 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 un divided son, and that the Official Receiver had no right to sell his share of the pro" porperty to the defendants 3 to 5. The 2nd defendant applied to be adjudicated an solvent 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 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 prelimina