JUDGMENT :

R.POORNIMA, J.

This Appeal had been filed by the 2nd defendant, challenging the judgment and decree dated 31.10.2023, passed in O.S.No.222 of 2021, on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Court, Periyakulam, Theni.

2. The present appellant is the 2nd defendant. The plaintiff, sister of the defendants filed a suit for partition and separate possession of the suit schedule property.

3. The case of the plaintiff is that one Thiru.K.Pannai Sethuraman, who is the father of the plaintiff, an Advocate by profession married one Tmt.S.Rajeswari. Out of the said wedlock, the plaintiff, 2^nd defendant and one Vasanthi were born. The defendant 3 and 4 are the children to Vasanthi, since deceased. Smt.Rajeshwari, wife of Pannai Sethuraman predeceased her husband on 17.01.1981. Subsequently, Thiru.Pannai Sethuraman, married one Leelavathy on 01.07.1981 and out of the said wedlock, the 1^st defendant, Alagu Deepa was born.

4. The plaintiff contends that after the death of his first wife, Rajeshwari, his father approached his father-in-law, Thiru.Sivalingam Chettiar, seeking financial assistance for the purchase of agricultural lands. In response, the said Sivalingam Chetti