JUDGMENT :

(Prayer in A.S.No.291 of 2015: First Appeal is filed under Section 96 C.P.C read with Order XLI Rule 1 & 2 of C.P.C., against the award and decreetal order dated 03.02.2015 made in O.S.No.8981 of 2010 on the file of the II Additional City Civil Court, Chennai.

A.S.No.292 of 2015: First Appeal is filed under Section 96 C.P.C read with Order XLI Rule 1 & 2 of C.P.C., against the judgment and decree dated 03.02.2015 made in O.S.No.8982 of 2010 on the file of the II Additional City Civil Court, Chennai.)

1. These two appeals arising from the common judgment passed by the Trial Court in O.S.No.8981 of 2010 and O.S.No.8982 of 2010.

2. The property which is the subject matter of the appeals under consideration had passed through several litigations and have a chequered history. For the sake of brevity and clarity, the parties shall be referred by their names wherever necessary and their status and rank as mentioned in O.S.No.8981 of 2010.

3. E.Kanchana and Balasubramaniam @ E.Saravanan wife and son of late Ekambaram respectively are the plaintiffs in O.S.No.8981 of 2010. They will be hereinafter referred as plaintiffs. S.Chandrasekar, his wife and four sons, who are the defendants 1