JUDGMENT :

P.B. Balaji, J.

[Prayer:- Appeal filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the judgment and decree, dated 01.12.2021, made in O.S.No.223 of 2018, on the file of the Principal District Judge, Dindigul.]

The unsuccessful 7th and 8th defendants, in O.S.No.223 of 2018, on the file of the Principal District Judge, Dindigul, are the appellants before us. The suit was filed by the first respondent herein / plaintiff for the reliefs of declaration of title, recovery of possession and for declaration to declare the sale deed, dated 09.05.2013 in Document No.1457/2013 in favour of the appellants as null and void and further, to declare the settlement deed, dated 05.06.2015, in document No.1758/2015 executed by the appellants also to be null and void.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rank before the trial Court.

3. The plaint in brief as set out by the first respondent / plaintiff before the trial Court, is as follows:

The plaintiff is the daughter of one Rengasamy Gowder and the defendants 1 to 7 are the siblings of the plaintiff. During the life time of father – Rengasamy Gowder, a settlement deed was executed on 17.10.2012 a