JUDGMENT :

PRAYER: This Second Appeal is filed under Section 100 of Civil Procedure Code against the judgment and decree dated 31.07.2000, in A.S.No.38 of 1998 on the file of the III Additional District Judge, Krishnagiri, confirming the decree and judgment dated 27.02.1998 in O.S.No.209 of 1990 on the file of the Sub Court, Krishnagiri.

This second appeal is directed as against the judgment and decree dated 31.07.2000, in A.S.No.38 of 1998 on the file of the III Additional District Judge, Krishnagiri, confirming the decree and judgment dated 27.02.1998 in O.S.No.209 of 1990 on the file of the Sub Court, Krishnagiri.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial Court.

3. The case of the plaintiff in brief is as follows :-

3.1. The suit is filed for partition. The suit properties are the ancestral property of the first defendant. The first defendant was allotted the suit property through partition. The first defendant is also an illiterate and drunkard. The plaintiff and the second defendant are the sons of the first defendant. The other three daughters of the first defendant were married long ago and are living separately. The first defe