JUDGMENT

This second appeal has been preferred as against the judgment and decree dated 01.07.2015 passed by the learned Principal District Judge, Vellore, in A.S.No.23 of 2013. The appellants are the defendants 3 to 7. The respondents 1 to 3 herein have filed the main suit for partition as against the respondents 4 to 11 and the appellants herein. The Trial Court partly decreed the suit in respect of ‘A’ schedule property excluding Item No.10 declaring that the plaintiffs and defendants 9 to 14 are entitled to 1/8 share in ‘A’ schedule property excluding Item No.10 and dismissed the suit in respect of ‘B & C’ schedule properties. Aggrieved by the said decree and judgment, the defendants 3 to 8 have preferred an appeal in A.S.No.23 of 2013 on the file of the Principal District Court, Vellore and the said appeal was dismissed by confirming the decree and judgment passed by the Trial Court. Aggrieved by the said decree and judgment, the present second appeal has been preferred by the defendants 3 to 7.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rank in the Trial Court and at appropriate places, their rank in the present second appeal would also be indicate