JUDGMENT

(PRAYER: This Appeal Suit is filed under Section 96 of C.P.C. against the judgment and decree of the learned Sub Judge, Pattukottai, dated 14.02.1991 made in O.S.No.55 of 1987.)

1. Aggrieved over the dismissal of the suit in respect of ''A'' schedule property and item Nos.1 and 2 of ''B'' schedule property, the plaintiff has filed the present appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to herein, as per their rank before the Trial Court.

3. The brief facts, leading to the filing of this Appeal, are as follows:-

3.1. The suit properties are joint family property of the plaintiff''s father consisting of the plaintiff and his father one Singaram. The first defendant is the mother of the plaintiff and the wife of the said Singaram. Second defendant is the mother of Singaram i.e., paternal grandmother of the plaintiff. Defendants 3 and 4 are purchaser of the ''A'' schedule properties. Defendants 5 to 9 were impleaded as legal heirs of the third defendant in the suit. It is the case of the plaintiff that his father Singaram was addicted to alcohol and he was leading a wayward life. He never cared for the welfare of the plaintiff, who was minor at th