1. This second appeal is directed against the Judgment and Decree dated 19.05.2003 passed in S.C.A.S.No.30 of 1997- FTC II A.S.No.7 of 2003 on the file of the Additional District & Sessions Judge (FTC-II) at Tindivanam, confirming the Judgment and Decree dated 24.12.1996 passed in O.S.No.914 of 1991 on the file of the Additional District Munsif Judge, Tindivanam.

2. Parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial Court.

3. Suit for Partition.

4. The case of the plaintiffs, in brief, is that the suit property situated in survey No.420/2 measuring 10.04 cents originally belonged to M.E.Ganapathy Mudhaliyar and his three sons and the deceased first plaintiff and the defendants 1 & 2 are the sons of M.E.Ganapathy Mudhaliyar and the properties belonging to the joint family of the above said persons were divided during the life time of M.E.Ganapathy Mudhaliyar by way of a registered partition deed dated 09.01.1960 and accordingly, the sharers enjoyed the properties as allotted to them separately. While so, M.E.Ganapathy Mudhaliyar settled the property comprised in survey No.420/2 measuring 10.04 cents exclusively in favour of his wife Kalyani ammal with the consent of h