S. Vimala, J.

1. With 131 Documents on the side of the Plaintiffs and 43 Documents on the side of the Defendants, 98 Documents as Court Exhibits along with evidence of P3 (PW1), P1 (PW2), D6 (DW1), Niranjan Bhatt (DW2), Major Parthasarathy (DW3) and D1 (DW4) awaited the decision of this Court, having remained alive for 22 years. The dispute is between the Legal Heirs of S.T. Venkatranga Iyer born of the year 1877 and died on 18.1.1948 and the Legal Heirs of his brother S.T. Sadasivan born of the year 1899 and died on 29.1.1992, i.e. 44 years after the death of S.T. Venkatranga Iyer.

2. The Suit in C.S. No. 708 of 1992 has been filed for a declaration that Plot Nos. 6, 7 & 8, Bragadambal Road, Nungambakkam, Madras and the House, Garage and Out-house therein, are Joint Family Properties of the Plaintiffs and that the Will of S.T. Sadasivan is void and also for Partition and separate possession of all properties of S.T. Sadasivan.

3. Petition in O.P. No. 243 of 1992 has been filed by the deceased K.R. Ramamani, Major General Chander Govindasamy and R.K.S. Shetty, the thre