JUDGMENT :

T. RAVINDRAN, J.

Prayer: First Appeal has been filed under Section 96 of CPC against the judgment and decree dated 20.03.2014 passed in O.S. No. 145 of 2011 on the file of IV Additional District and Sessions Court, Coimbatore.

1. Aggrieved over the judgment and decree dated 20.03.2014 passed in O.S. No. 145 of 2011 on the file of IV Additional District and Sessions Court, Coimbatore, the defendants 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 partition and permanent injunction.

4. The case of the plaintiffs in brief is that the first defendant is their brother and the plaintiffs and the first defendant are the daughters and son of R.A. Kandasamy and their mother is S.K. Kamalam and S.K. Kamalam died on 01.08.2006 leaving the suit properties and after her demise, the plaintiffs and the first defendant are in the joint possession and enjoyment of the suit properties. The plaintiffs requested the first defendant to allot their lawful shares in respect of the suit properties. However, the first defendant did not come forward to effect the partition and refused the same and further