BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT RESERVED ON : 30.10.2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 10.12.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.V.KARTHIKEYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR A.S.(MD).No.120 of 2020 and CMP(MD).No.4069 of 2020 Nagaraja Vandaiyar ....Appellant/Plaintiff Vs

1.S.Gunasekaran

2.Kanagaraj 3.Banumathi

4.K.Amirtham ....Respondents/Defendants

5.The District Collector Thanjavur ...5^th Respondent/----

(R5 impleaded vide Court order dated 05.03.2015)

Prayer: The First Appeal has been filed under Section 96 of C.P.C, to set aside the judgment and decree dated 26.06.2014 made in O.S.No.7 of 2010 on the file of the I Additional District Court, Thanjavur and allow the above first appeal.

For Appellants : Mr.V.V.Sathya For Mr.S.Vellaichamy For Respondents :Mr.A.Senthil Kumar For Mr.S.Jeyachandran for R1 to R4 :Mr.P.T.Thiraviyam Government Advocate for R5

J U D G M E N T

(Made by R.VIJAYAKUMAR,J.

The plaintiff in O.S. No. 7 of 2010 on the file of the First Additional District Court (PCR Court), Thanjavur has filed the present appeal challenging the dismissal of the suit.

(A).Factual Matrix:

2.The suit has been filed seeking to pass a decree in favour of the plaintiff to set asid