( 1. ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and decree passed by the First Appellate Court in A.S.No.7 of 2004 dated 26.11.2004 in confirming the judgment and decree passed by the trial court in O.S.No.146 of 1998 dated 27.10.2003 in passing preliminary decree for partition.

( 2. ) THE appellant herein is the plaintiff and the respondents are the defendants before the trial court.

( 3. ) THE case of the plaintiff before the trial court would be as follows:- THE plaintiff and the defendants are the legal heirs of late K.M.Selai Gowder. THE defendants 1 and 2 are the wives, the plaintiff and the 3rd defendant are the daughters, the 4th defendant and the husband of the 5th defendant and father of the defendants 6 and 7 namely K.S.Rajamani are the sons of Selai Gowder. THE said Selai Gowder died intestate on 29.09.1990 leaving behind the plaintiff and the defendants as his legal heirs. THE husband of 5th defendant namely K.S.Rajamani died on 18.04.1995 leaving the defendants 5 to 7 as his legal heirs. THE suit properties are jointly belonging to the plaintiff and the defendants. Some of the properties are ancestral and some of the properties are self-acquired properties