JUDGMENT :

(Prayer : Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of Code of Civil Procedure, against the judgment and decree in A.S.No.36 of 2016 on the file of III Additional District and Sessions Court, Dharapuram, Thiruppur District, dated 24.04.2017, confirming the judgment and decree in O.S.No.106 of 2014 on the file of Subordinate Court, Udumalpet, dated 28.04.2016.)

1. The plaintiffs in the suit in O.S.No.106 of 2014 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Udumalpet, are the appellants in the above Second Appeal.

2. The appellants filed the suit in O.S.No.106 of 2014 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Udumalpet, for partition of 2/6 share in suit ASchedule and 8/27 share in the suit B-Schedule and for consequential reliefs.

3. The case of the plaintiffs/appellants in the plaint is as follows :

3.1.The suit properties originally belonged to one Ayyappa Naicker who was holding the same as ancestral. Ayyappa Naicker and his only son by name Duraisamy Naidu divided the suit properties among the family members who are coparceners by virtue of a partition deed, dated 11.05.1967, which is registered as Doc.No.2345/1967 on the file of Sub- Registrar's Office, Udumalpet. As per the said pa