JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved over the Judgement and Decree dated 31.08.2016 passed in O.S.No.51 of 2013 on the file of the Additional District Court, Namakkal, the plaintiff has preferred the first appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial Court.

3. Suit for partition and separate possession.

4. The plaintiff in O.S.No.51 of 2013 on the file of the Additional District Court, Namakkal, is the appellant herein.

5. The plaintiff's case is as follows:

The plaintiff and the second defendant are the sons of the first defendant Vellappa Gounder @ Vellappan. The first defendant Vellappa Gounder @ Vellappan, in a partition with his brother held on 26.08.1966, got “A” schedule property. The plaintiff and the second defendant are the legal heirs of the first defendant Vellappa Gounder @ Vellappan. From the income of the abovesaid ancestral property, the plaint schedule property and other properties were purchased in the name of the first defendant Vellappa Gounder @ Vellappan, specifically, the properties were purchased in his name on 20.02.1969 and 21.04.1998. These properties were jointly enjoyed by all persons. The second defendant went to