THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CROSS OBJECTIONS (SR) NO.15356 OF 2005 IN/AND APPEAL SUIT NO.2784 OF 2004

COMMON JUDGMENT:

This appeal is filed aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 22.03.2004 in O.S.No.22 of 2002 on the file of District Judge, Medak at Sangareddy by the defendant Nos.1 to 3 and 11 in the suit. The parties herein are hereinafter referred to as arrayed in the suit.

2. The facts of the case are that the plaintiff is the younger brother of defendant Nos.4 to 6 and the younger brother of the father of defendant Nos.1 to 3, namely late Dayakar Reddy. Defendant No.7 is the younger sister of plaintiff, while defendant No.6 is his elder sister. Dayakar Reddy passed away in 1994, leaving behind defendant Nos.1 to 3 as his sons and defendant No.11 as his wife. The plaintiff's father, Ranga Reddy, passed away in 1973, and their mother, Devakamma, passed away in 1996, leaving behind the plaintiff and defendant Nos.4 to 7 as her legal heirs.

3. The suit lands are joint family properties that need to be partitioned by metes and bounds. The joint family consists of the plaintiff and defendant Nos.1 to 7. The family owns extensive agricultural lands and a residential house