L. MOHAPATRA, J.

( 1 ) PLAINTIFF is the appellant against a confirming judgment. The suit was filed for partition of the joint family properties as described, in Schedule kha of the plaint by metes and bounds and for relief under Section 4 of the Partition Act as well as for permanent injunction

( 2 ) THE case of the plaintiff is that the kha Schedule properties as per current settlement correspond to Ga Schedule properties as described in Major Settlement. The plaintiff and the defendants 1 to 5 are the descendants of common ancestor Raghu and the Kha Schedule properties are their ancestral properties. Raghu had two sons namely, Rama and Bidyadhar. Ram had one son namely, Mani and Bidyadhar had four sons namely, Banamali, Hari, Kusa and bhikari. Plaintiff and the defendant No. 1 are the sons of Bhikari. Defendant No. 2 is the daughter of Bidyadhar. Defendants 3 and 4 are the sons of Banamali and defendant no. 5 is the grandson of Banamali through his son Narayan who is dead. Defendants 9 to 30 are the sons and daughters of plaintiff and defendant Nos. 1 to 5. Defendants 31 to 33 are the daughters of one Makardhwaja mohapatra who had pre-deceased her mother defendant No. 7 Haramni