JUDGMENT :

T.V.THAMILSELVI, J.

Aggrieved by the judgment and decree in A.S.No.46 of 2019 dated 01.10.2024 passed by the II Addl. District Judge, Salem, confirming the judgment and decree dated 320.12.2018 in O.S.No.446 of 1999 passed by the II Additional Subordinate Judge, Salem, the appellant/1st defendant has preferred this Second Appeal.

2. Parties are indicated herein as per their litigative status and ranking before the Trial Court.

3. The averments contained in the plaint, as projected by the plaintiffs are as follows:

(i) According to the plaintiffs, the 3rd plaintiff is the wife of 1st defendant-Ranganathan. Out of their lawful wedlock, plaintiffs 1 and 2 were born to them. Defendants 2, 3 and 4 are the sisters of the 1^st defendant. The defendants 1 to 4 are children of one Lakshmana Gounder and Perumayee.

(ii) The properties mentioned in the A schedule of the plaint are ancestral joint family properties of Lakshmana Gounder and by way of registered partition deed dated 11.12.1985, Lakshmana Gounder and his brother divided their ancestral properties. As per partition Deed, plaint B schedule properties were allotted jointly to Lakshmana Gounder and his son, the 1st defendant herei