JUDGMENT

The Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of the Civil Procedure, 1908, is filed by the appellant/defendant challenging the decree and Judgment dated 02.12.2015 in O.S. No.12 of 2009 passed by the learned II Additional District Judge, West Godavari at Eluru (for short, ‘the trial court’). Respondent is the plaintiff in the suit, who filed the suit in O.S.No.12 of 2009 seeking recovery of possession of suit schedule properties with mesne profits based on the title and earlier agreement of sale.

2. It is expedient to refer to the parties as they are initially arrayed in the suit to mitigate any potential confusion and have a clearer comprehension of the case.

3. The factual matrix, necessary and germane for adjudicating the contentious issues between the parties inter se, may be delineated as follows:—

(a) The plaintiff filed the suit as an indigent person. The extent of the plaint schedule property is Ac.6.19 cents. The defendant, a rich and influential land owner, has land adjacent to the plaint schedule property. The suit schedule property belongs to the plaintiff, her two daughters and her only son as per the registered settlement deed dated 09.04.1978 (Doc.No.712/1978)