JUDGMENT

The petitioners 1 to 4 are the children of late Gouri and the petitioners 5 and 6 are the legal heirs of Malathi, the deceased daughter of Gouri. The property having an extent of 8.90 Ares situated in Re Survey No. 322/41 (Old Survey No. 532/41) of Kolazhi Village, Thrissur Taluk was purchased by Gouri along with her son Sri.Chandrahasan and daughter late Malathi as per Ext. P1 sale deed dated 3.10.1950. Sri. Chandrahasan, as per Ext. P2 Release deed dated 20.02.1990, had released his share in the above mentioned property in favour of Gouri. As per Ext. P3 registered Settlement deed dated 25.02.2000, Gouri had settled her 2/7 th share in the above mentioned property derived as per Ext. P1 sale deed and Ext. P2 release deed in favour of her daughters, Smt. Jayasree, the 1 st petitioner, Smt. Shyamala Devi, the 2 nd petitioner and Smt. Sreelatha, the 3 rd petitioner. In Ext. P3 Settlement deed, it is mentioned that the petitioners 1 to 3 and their brother Sri. Radhakrishnan, the 4 th petitioner, are having one share in the above men