JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of CPC, 1908 against the judgment and decree dated 18.12.2007 made in A.S. No.11/2005 on the file of the Sub-Court, Aarani, reversing the judgment and decree dated 07.12.2004 made in O.S. No.167 of 1988 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Polur.

1. Challenge in this second appeal is made to the judgment and decree dated 18.12.2007 passed in A.S. No.11/2005 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Aarani, reversing the judgment and decree dated 07.12.2004 passed in O.S. No.167 of 1988 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Polur.

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

3. The defendant in OS.No.167 of 1988 is the appellant in the Second Appeal.

4. Suit for declaration, possession, permanent injunction and mandatory injunction.

5. The case of the plaintiff, in brief, is that the suit property originally belonged to the defendant and the defendant conveyed the same to one Manickam by way of the registered sale deed dated 20.01.1970 and pursuant to the same, Manickam had been in the exclusive possession and enjoyment of the suit property and subsequently Manickam, out