THE HONOURABLE Dr.JUSTICE G.RADHA RANI

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is filed by the appellant Nos.1 and 2-plaintiff Nos.1 and

3 aggrieved by the dismissal of the suit filed by them seeking the relief of partition and separate possession in O.S No.349 of 2013 by the VII Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, vide judgment dated 29.04.2016.

2. The appellant Nos.1 and 2 along with the respondent No.2 (plaintiff No.2) filed the suit for partition contending that they along with respondent No.1 (defendant) were the children of Sri P. Balamallaiah. The suit schedule property bearing Municipal No.19-1-184 admeasuring 162 sq. yds., situated at Dood Bowli, Chatkanipura, Hyderabad, belonged to Smt. P. Neelamma, their paternal grandmother, who purchased the same through registered sale deed document No.1102/1356 Fasli dated 28^th Amardad 1356 Fasli. Smt. P. Neelamma died intestate on 08.11.1990 leaving behind her, her daughter Devamma and son P.Balamallaiah as her legal heirs. Sri P. Balamallaiah, father of the plaintiffs and defendant died in the month of December, 1996, leaving behind him the plaintiffs and the defendant as his legal heirs. The mother of the plaintiffs and defendant pre-dece