1. The present second appeal has been directed against the Judgment and Decree dated 22.02.2005 passed by the learned Principal District Judge, Dharmapuri at Krishangiri in A.S.No.31 of 2003 in and by which the Judgment and Decree dated 14.1.2003 passed by the learned Subordinate Judge, Krishnagiri in O.S.No.190 of 1997 has been reversed.

2. The brief facts which lead to file the second appeal are as follows:

(i) The suit was filed by the first wife and her children for partition of the scheduled mentioned properties into two equal shares and to allot one such share to the plaintiffs and to further direct the defendants 5 to 7/respondents 5 to 7 to pay half share of the surrender salary, family pension and the other benefits payable to late Subramani to the plaintiffs and for permanent injunction to restrain the defendants 5 to 7/respondents 5 to 7 from disbursing the amounts to the defendants 1 to 4/respondents 1 to 4.

(ii) The first plaintiff, Poongavanam is the second wife of late P. Subramaniam, who worked as Line Inspector in Tamil Nadu Electricity Board at Mathur. The plaintiffs 2 to 5 are the children born out of the marriage took place between the first plainti