1. This second appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree, dated 31.7.2009, made in A.S.No.107 of 2007, on the file of the 1st Additional Subordinate Court, Coimbatore, confirming the judgment and decree, dated 30.10.2006, made in O.S.No.3987 of 2004, on the file of the II Additional District Munsif Court, Coimbatore.

2. The defendants 11 to 14 in the suit, in O.S.No.3987 of 2004, are the appellants in the present second appeal. The plaintiffs in the said suit are the respondents herein. The suit, in O.S.No.3987 of 2004, had been filed, praying for a decree of declaration, declaring that the sale deeds, under document Nos.1365 of 1998 and 1367 of 1998, made in favour of the defendants 11 to 14 are fraudulent, invalid and not binding on the plaintiffs, and for a further declaration that the plaintiffs 2, 3 and 6 are the absolute owners of the suit property mentioned under schedules I to III, and for a consequential permanent injunction restraining the defendants 11 to 14 from interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the properties, by the plaintiffs 2, 5 and 6, and for costs.

3. It has been stated that the property, morefully described in the