JUDGMENT :

'Vintage' nay 'gravitating towards ancient' would be more appropriate to describe the lis which has lead to the captioned second appeal under Section 100 of 'The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908' ('CPC' for the sake of brevity) as a plaint was presented by three sons and one daughter of one Kuppusamy Mudaliar, nearly three decades ago, to be precise on 10.06.1991 on the file of District Munsif Court, Poonamallee. This plaint was taken on file as O.S.No.1089 of 1991 and later transferred to 'District Munsif-cum-Judicial Magistrate Court, Sriperumbudur' ('trial Court' for the sake of convenience) and was assigned the number O.S.No.224 of 2009. The suit property is agricultural land ad-measuring 56 cents or thereabouts comprised in S.No.218/2 at 53 Madanandapuram Village, Porur Firka, Sriperumbudur Taluk. This Court is informed that this is in Kancheepuram District.

2. Owing to the nature of a legal drill under Section 100 CPC, short facts shorn of elaboration or in other words factual matrix in a nutshell containing essential facts imperative for appreciating this judgment will suffice.

3. Short facts are that suit property originally belonged to Murugappa Mudaliar, who had thre