JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Second Appeal is filed under Section 100 of Civil Procedure Code, praying to set aside the judgment and decree passed in O.S.No.440 of 2004 dated 08.08.2008 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Nagapattinam, as confirmed in A.S.No.54 of 2008 dated 15.09.2009 on the file of the Sub Judge, Nagapattinam.)

(The case has been heard through video conference)

1. This Second Appeal is against the concurrent findings of the Courts below. The legal heirs of the defendants are the appellants herein. Since there are two earlier proceedings between the parties in respect of the suit property, parties are described by name, wherever required and as per their litigative status in the respective proceedings, as far as possible.

2. The property which is the subject matter of this appeal is one acre wet land in Seeyathamangai Village, Nannilam Taluk, Nagapattinam. It was assigned to one Murugaiyan an Ex-Serviceman, under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms Act. He remained unmarried and died issueless. During his life time, Nagalakshmi, who is the first defendant/first appellant herein, filed O.S.No.197/1987 for the relief of permanent injunction in respect of this property against Muru