1. The eighth defendant in a suit for partition and permanent injunction, is the petitioner before this Court. The respondents are the plaintiffs therein. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the trial Court in dismissing his application filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC for rejection of the plaint.

2. The case of the plaintiffs as found in the plaint, in short is as follows:

The second plaintiff is the daughter of the first plaintiff and one late Gomathi. The first defendant is the father-in-law of the first plaintiff, maternal grandfather of the second plaintiff and father of the said late Gomathi. The defendants 2 to 4 are the daughters of the first defendant and defendants 5 to 7 are the husbands of the defendants 2 to 4 respectively and the son-in-laws of the first defendant. The eighth defendant is a stranger to the plaintiffs' family and alleged agreement holder with the first defendant. The first defendant had one son, by name Jeganathan and he died in the year 1985 without any marriage. The ninth defendant is the wife of the first defendant. After the sale of various joint family properties of the plaintiffs and the defendants 1 to 4, they were vested with a