JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Appeal Suit filed under Section 96 of Civil Procedure Code as against the judgment and decree passed on 11.12.2012 in O.S.No.404 of 2007 by the Hon'ble Additional District Judge, Kancheepuram District at Chengalpattu.)

1. Aggrieved over the judgment and decree dated 11.12.2012 passed in O.S.No.404 of 2007, on the file of the Additional District Court, Kancheepuram District at Chengalpattu, the plaintiffs have preferred the first appeal.

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

3. Suit for declaration and recovery of possession.

4. Briefly stated, according to the plaintiffs' case, they along with Kuppusamy Naicker, since deceased and Kothandapani Naicker, since deceased had executed a deed of general power of attorney on 31.10.1987, nominating the first defendant as their power agent empowering him to sell the suit property and according to the plaintiffs, the first principal Kuppusamy Naicker died on 22.08.1992 and the fifth principal Kothandapani Naicker died on 12.12.1990 and the same was intimated by the other principals, namely, the plaintiffs and on the death of the two persons, the joint power of att