The captioned first appeal is filed by defendants

questioning the judgment and decree dated 5.10.2005 passed

in O.S.33/2002 wherein the learned Judge has granted the

alternative prayer for partition and separate possession and

thereby has decreed the suit by holding that the plaintiffs are

entitled for ½ share in all suit schedule properties.

2.

The parties are referred to as per their rank before

the trial Court for the sake of convenience.

3.

The facts leading to the case are as under:

4

3(a) The genealogy of the family is as under:

²ªÀ£ÀeÉÃUËqÀ (¥ÁªÀw)

ZÀ£Àߧ¸ÀªÉÃUËqÀ(¥ÁªÀw)

ªÀÄÄzÉÝÃUËqÀ (¥ÁªÀw)

ºÉAqÀA¢gÀÄ 1) £ÀAdªÀÄä(¥ÁªÀw) 2)ªÀÄ®èªÀÄä(¥ÁªÀw)

ºÉAqÀw

ºÉAqÀw

H.K.ªÀÄļÉîUËqÀ(¥ÁªÀw)

ºÉAqÀw ªÀÄļÀîªÀÄä(70 ªÀµÀð)

PÀ¯ÉèÃUËqÀ(¥ÁªÀw) PÉÆæUËqÀ(¥ÁªÀw)

ºÉAqÀw £ÀAdªÀÄä(¥ÁªÀw) (ªÀÄPÀ̽î®è)

H.M.gÀ«PÀĪÀiÁgÀ(35ªÀµÀð) M.£ÉÃvÁæ£ÀAzÀ(32ªÀµÀð) H.M.¤gÀAdð(2ªÀµÀð)

ZÀ£Àߧ¸ÀªÉÃUËqÀ(¥ÁªÀw)

ºÉAqÀw UÀAUÀªÀÄä (65 ªÀµÀð)

HC ªÀĺÉñÀégÀ¥Àà HC ±ÁAvÀPÀĪÀiÁgÀ HC ¸ÉÆêÀıÉÃRgï HC zsÀ£À°AUÉÃUËqÀ HC ªÀÄAdÄ£ÁxÀ

(45 ªÀµÀð) (38 ªÀµÀð) (35 ªÀµÀð) (30 ªÀµÀð) (27 ªÀµÀð)

3(b) The plaintiffs represent Mullegowda’s branch. The

plaintiffs have fi