JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of the Civil Procedure Code against the decree and judgment dated 20.12.2007 passed in A.S. No.59/07 on the file of the Principal District Court, Erode, reversing the decree and judgment dated 18.09.2006 passed in O.S.No.180/05 by the Second Additional Sub Judge Court, Erode.

1. Challenge in this second appeal is made to the judgment and decree dated 20.12.2007 passed in A.S. No.59/07 on the file of the Principal District Court, Erode, reversing the judgment and decree dated 18.09.2006 passed in O.S.No.180/05 on the file of the Second Additional Subordinate Court, Erode.

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

3. The plaintiff in O.S. No.180 of 2005 is the appellant in the Second Appeal.

4. Suit for permanent injunction.

5. The case of the plaintiff, in brief, is that the first defendant is the mother of the defendants 2 to 4 and the suit property originally belonged to the plaintiff's father Chellappa Gounder by way of the registered sale deed dated 24.11.1952 and thereafter, Chellappa Gounder had executed a settlement deed in favour of his son, namely the plaintiff, by