BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT JUDGMENT RESERVED ON : 08.08.2025 JUDGMENT PRONOUNDED ON : 28.10.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR S.A.No.318 of 2001 and CMP.No.3313 of 2001 Rajagopal Chettiar (died)

2.Amirthammal

3.Sundarraj (died)

4.Bose (died) ....Appellants 2 to 4 /Legal heirs of deceased sole appellant

5.Devi

6.Arunpandian

7.Manoj Kumar ....Appellants 5 to 7 /Legal heirs of deceased 4th appellant

8.Nambunachi

9.Usha

10.Barathi

11.Rajeshwari

12.Sathya ....Appellants 8 to 12 /Legal heirs of deceased 3rd appellant Vs

1.Ulagammal (died)

2.Murugan

3.Natarajan Chettiar (died)

4.Kumar ....Respondents/Plaintiffs & Defendants 1 & 3 /Appellants & Respondents 1 & 3

5.Mala

6.Banumathi ....Respondents 5 & 6 /Legal heirs of deceased 1^st respondent

7.Kesavan

8.Manokaran

9.Muthukali ....Respondents 7 to 9 /Legal heirs of deceased 3^rd respondent (Appellants 2 to 4 are brought on record as legal heirs of the deceased sole appellant vide order dated 22.08.2007)

(Appellants 5 to 7 are brought on record as legal heirs of the deceased 4^th appellant vide order dated 24.01.2020)

(Appellants 8 to 12 are brought on record as legal heirs of the deceased 3^rd appellant vide order dated 15.02.2024