JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of C.P.C., against the judgment and decree dated 07.03.2007 made in A.S.No.183 of 2006 on the file of the Principal Sub Court, Salem, confirming the judgment and decree dated 17.07.2006 made in O.S.No.555 of 2003 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Salem).

1. Challenge in this second appeal is made to the judgment and decree dated 07.03.2007 passed in A.S.No.183 of 2006 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Salem, confirming the judgment and decree dated 17.07.2006 passed in O.S.No.555 of 2003 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Salem.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial court. The plaintiffs in O.S.No.555 of 2003 are the appellants in this second appeal.

3. Suit for declaration and permanent injunction.

4. Briefly stated, the case of the plaintiffs is that the extent of 3.38 acres in Survey No.21/4 situated in Sevampalayam Village, Salem Taluk was originally the ancestral property of Ayyamperumal and he purchased the same under the sale deed dated 17.06.1943 and enjoying the same in his own right and he had only a son by name Amm