P.R. Shivakumar, J.

1. The defendants in the original suit are the appellants in the second appeal. S.R. Lakshmanan, the deceased first respondent was the sole plaintiff in the original suit filed by him on the file of Sub-Court, Tiruvarur as O.S. No. 170 of 2003 against the appellants for recovery of possession, mesne profits/damages (past and future) and for costs. Due to the constitution of a separate Sub-Court at Mannargudi, the said suit came to be transferred to the file of the Sub-Court, Mannargudi and re-numbered as O.S. No. 34 of 2006.

2. The prayers in the suit were made on the basis of the averments found in the plaint, which are, in brief, as follows;

The suit properties belonged to the deceased first respondent/plaintiff, his family members and some of the third parties. The third parties were absentee landlords and they had entrusted their lands to the first respondent/plaintiff for cultivation. The first respondent/plaintiff did Pannai cultivation in the entire suit properties for several years. Due to his physical handicap (limping) and illness due to old