Sri.V.B.Shivakumar, learned counsel for appellant and

Sri.S.Nagaraja, learned counsel for respondent No.1 have

appeared in person.

For the sake of convenience, the parties are

referred to as per their rankings before the Trial Court.

The facts of the case are stated as under:

The plaintiff - initiated action against the defendants and

sought the relief of declaration of ownership over suit

properties and also for a declaration that the alleged

3

Compromise

Decree

dated:29.03.2014

passed

in

O.S.No.144/2012 is null and void and the same is not binding

on her.

After

service

of

summons,

defendants

entered

appearance and filed their written statement. Based on the

pleadings, several Issues were framed and Issue No.7 was

treated as Preliminary Issue. In the meanwhile, the third

defendant moved an application under Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and

(d) of the Code for rejection of plaint on the ground that the

suit is barred by law. The Trial Court allowed the application

vide order dated:14.06.2018 and held that the suit is not

maintainable. The order was challenged before the Appellate

Court and the Appellate Court vide order dated:29.07.2019

allowed the appeal and remitted the matter to the Trial