JUDGMENT:

This Second Appeal is filed by the appellants 1 to 4 – defendants 6 to 9 aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 09.12.2004 passed in A.S.No.32 of 1997 by the learned II Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court), Nizamabad in dismissing the appeal and modifying the judgment and decree dated 26.08.1987 passed in O.S.No.339 of 1987 by the learned District Munsif, Armoor.

2. The respondent No.1 is the plaintiff and respondents 2 to 5 are defendants 2 to 5.

3. The LRs of appellant No.3 were brought on record as appellants 5 to 9 as per the orders in I.A.No.3 of 2023 dated 14.03.2023. The LRs of respondent No.1 were brought on record as respondents 6 and 7 as per the orders in I.A.No.6 of 2023 dated 31.03.2023. The LRs of respondent No.2 were brought on record as respondents 8 to 11 as per the orders in I.A.No.4 of 2023 dated 31.03.2023. The LRs of respondent No.5 were brought on record as respondents 12 to 14 as per the orders in I.A.No.5 of 2023 dated 31.03.2023.

4. The parties are hereinafter referred as arrayed before the trial court.

5. The plaintiff filed the suit for partition of the suit schedule property in Survey No.462/A measuring Ac.5-25 guntas situated at Perkit