JUDGMENT :

R. Subbiah, J.

1. The Plaintiffs in O.S. No. 534 of 2010 on the file of the V Additional District Judge, Coimbatore are the appellants in this appeal. They have come forward with this appeal, aggrieved by the Judgment and Decree dated 21.11.2017 passed by the said court dismissing the suit filed by them for partition and separate possession of the plaint schedule mentioned property and for other reliefs.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as 'Plaintiffs' and 'defendants' as they are arrayed before the trial court.

3. One Guruvappa Naidu had two sons and they are Govindasamy Naidu and Chinnama Naidu. Govindasamy Naidu had a son by name Annasamy. Chinnama Naidu had two sons and they are Ponnusamy, tenth defendant and Ramachandran. Ponnusamy, tenth defendant died during the pendency of the suit and therefore, his legal heirs were impleaded as D13 to D15 in the suit. The Plaintiffs are the legal heirs of Ramachandran.

4. Annasamy, Son of Govindasamy Naidu died leaving behind his legal heirs by name Dhanalakshmi, Kamalam (D-1), Duraisamy (D-2), A. Rajagopal (D-3), A. Dhamodaraswamy. Among the legal heirs of Annasamy, Dhanalakshmi and Dhamodaraswamy died ev