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Lakshmi vs Vijayasankaran
2025 Latest Caselaw 967 Ker

Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 967 Ker
Judgement Date : 14 July, 2025

Kerala High Court

Lakshmi vs Vijayasankaran on 14 July, 2025

R.F.A.No.547/2014
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                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                   PRESENT

                 THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.A.ABDUL HAKHIM

            MONDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF JULY 2025 / 23RD ASHADHA, 1947

                             RFA NO. 547 OF 2014

         AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE IN OS NO.397 OF 1988 OF     PRINCIPAL

SUB COURT , PALAKKAD


APPELLANTS/PLAINTIFFS 3 & 4:

     1        LAKSHMI, AGED 47 YEARS
              D/O. MURKATH SREEDEVI AMMA, YAKKARA AMSOM, SANTHI NAGAR,
              PALAKKAD -PIN 678 701.

     2        JAYASREE, AGED 51 YEARS
              D/O. MURKATH VIJAYALEKSHMI AMMA, YAKKARA AMSOM, SANTHI
              NAGAR, PALAKKAD -6578 701.

              BY ADV SHRI.C.CHANDRASEKHARAN

RESPONDENTS/PLAINTIFFS 1,2,5& 6 AND DEFENDANTS 6 TO 13:

     1        VIJAYASANKARAN, AGED 59 YEARS
              S/O. MURKATH SREEDEVI AMMA, FOZEOBORE ESTATE, TNHB QUARTERS,
              BLOCK NO.5, MADRAS.

     2        MURALI, AGED 51 YEARS
              S/O. MURKATH SREEDEVI AMMA, , YAKKARA AMSOM, SANTHI NAGAR,
              PALAKKAD PIN 678 701.

     3        RAVIKUMAR, AGED 49 YEARS
              S/O. MURKATH VIJAYALEKSHMI AMMA, , YAKKARA AMSOM, DESOM
              SANTHI NAGAR, PALAKKAD PIN 678 701.

     4        SRIKUMAR, AGED 44 YEARS S/O. MOORKATH VIJAYALEKSHMI AMMA,
              YAKKARA AMSOM,DESOM SANTHI NAGAR, PALAKKAD PIN 678 701.
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     5     M. MADHAVANKUTTY NAIR,AGED 74 YEARS
           S/O.M. LEKSHMIKUTTI AMMA, YAKKARA AMSOM DESOM SANTHI NAGAR,
           PALAKKAD PIN 678 701.

     6     M. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR, AGED 72 YEARS
           S/O.M. LEKSHMIKUTTI AMMA, YAKKARA AMSOM DESOM, SANTHI NAGAR,
           PALAKKAD PIN 678 701.

     7     M. SIVARAMANUNNI, AGED 58 YEARS
           S/O. SREEDEVI AMMA, 9703, PARK LAND ROAD, BALTIMORE, MARY
           LAND, 21234, U.S.A.(DELETED)
           (7TH RESPONDENT IS DELETED FROM THE PARTY ARRAY AT THE RISK
           OF THE APPELLANT VIDE ORDER DT.29.05.2015 IN IA NO.524/2015)

     8     K.R. VIJAYABHANU, S/O. LATE DAMODARAN NAIR, (DECEASED 2ND
           DEFENDANT), KAMBRATU VEEDU, VENGANOOR P.O.,
           P.O.THIRURANGADI, MALAPPURAM PIN 676 306.

     9     KRISHNAKUMAR, S/O. LATE DAMODARAN NAIR, (DECEASED 2ND
           DEFENDANT), KAMBRATU VEEDU, VENGANOOR P.O.,
           P.O.THIRURANGADI, MALAPPURAM PIN 676 306.

    10     K. GOPAKUMAR, S/O. LATE DAMODARAN NAIR, HIGH SCHOOL
           QUARTERS, WARD 3/206, KUTHANNOOR, PALAKKAD PIN 678721.

    11     N. KRISHNAKUMAR, S/O. LATE DAMODARAN NAIR, 2ND FLOOR,
           MOOKAMBIKA, SRI SAKTHI APARTMENT, KOTTAPPURAM, THRISSUR
           PIN 680 001.

    12     SEETHA DEVI, D/O. LATE DAMODARAN NAIR, 2ND FLOOR,
           MOOKAMBIKA, SRI SAKTHI APARTMENT, KOTTAPPURAM, THRISSUR
           PIN 680 001.


           BY ADVS.
           R11 AND R12 BY SRI.ANIL KUMAR M.S
           R10 BY SRI.LEGITH T.KOTTAKKAL
           R10 BY SRI.S.VINOD BHAT



     THIS REGULAR FIRST APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14.07.2025,
THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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                             JUDGMENT

1. Appellants are the plaintiff Nos.3 & 4 in the suit. The respondents

are the plaintiffs 1, 2, 5 & 6 and the defendants 6 to 13. The suit

was filed for the partition of Plaint A & B schedule properties.

There are 12 items of immovable properties in the plaint A

schedule property and 9 items of movable properties in the plaint

B schedule.

2. Plaintiffs filed the suit for partition of the plaint schedule

properties on the allegations that the plaint A schedule properties

are a school and appurtenant land under the co-ownership and

joint possession of the plaintiffs and the defendants who are the

members of Thavazhi of the first defendant governed by Madras

Marumakkathayam Rule of Succession applicable to the Nair

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community. A partition was effected among the Thavazhi

members as per Partition Deed No.137/1958 of SRO

Kuzhalmannam. The plaint schedule properties were not

subjected to partition in the said Partition Deed and it was kept as

a common property. During the time of the said partition, the

second defendant as the Karanavar of the Thavazhi and being a

teacher, was looking after the affairs of the school. A Society by

the name Kuthannoor Educational Society was formed and later it

became dysfunctional. The second defendant took care of the

management of the school and took care of its affairs as Thavazhi

property. The facilities in the school including furniture thereof

were acquired out of Thavazhi funds. When the Partition Deed was

executed, the second defendant incorporated provisions to his

advantage neglecting the interest of the minor members of the

Thavazhi that by receiving 3/4th of the amounts spent for the

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school from him, the other members of the Thavazhi have to

release their rights over the school in favour of the second

defendant. Thereafter he preferred O.S.No.395/1983 to enforce

the said provision. Even though the properties were purchased for

the school, the Title Deeds thereof happened to be executed in

the name of the second defendant. Taking advantage of the same,

he is raising an unjustifiable claim and right over those properties.

Each of the plaintiffs and the defendants has 1/14 share over the

plaint schedule properties.

3. The plaintiffs claimed partition of the plaint schedule properties

and allotment of separate possession of the respective shares to

the plaintiffs and the defendants. In substance, the claim of the

plaintiffs is that the plaint schedule properties are the Thavazhi

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properties which are liable to be partitioned among the plaintiffs

and the defendants who are the members of the Thavazhi.

4. The suit was filed by six numbers of plaintiffs and 8 numbers of

defendants. Originally, the second defendant alone contested the

suit. On his death, the 11th defendant, who is one of his legal heirs,

contested the suit.

5. The defendants 1, and 3 to 7 filed Written Statement supporting

the partition sought by the plaintiffs. But they did not pay the

court fee for the separate allotment of their share.

6. The second defendant filed Written Statement contending, inter

alia, that the entire plaint schedule items are not properties of the

school. No movable or immovable assets was acquired for the

school out of the Thavazhi funds. The school building and the

landed properties of the school, movable assets of the school

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including furniture are the personal properties of the second

defendant, over which the plaintiffs and the other defendants

have no manner of right. The present suit is instituted as a

counterblast to O.S.No.395/1983 preferred by the second

defendant. After partition of the year 1958, the Thavazhi has come

to an end. There existed any other property as Thavazhi property

well before the partition and even after the partition. The school

and its assets were regarded by the members of the Thavazhi as

the personal properties of the second defendant. The second

defendant acquired the school and its properties much before the

execution of the Partition Deed of the year 1958. It was under the

direction of the father of the second defendant that provisions

were incorporated in the Partition Deed that out of the total

amount spent for the school ¾ is to be given by the second

defendant to the other members of the Thavazhi. The Society

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became extinct and the property is not vested with Society. He

prayed for dismissal of the suit.

7. During the pendency of the suit, the second defendant died on

16.11.2007 and his legal heirs were impleaded as the defendants

9 to 11 and the third defendant died and his legal heirs were

impleaded as defendants 12 & 13.

8. The 11th defendant filed Written Statement contending that

O.S.No.395/1983 filed by the second defendant was decreed in

favour of the second defendant. Appeal and Special leave

Petition preferred by the plaintiffs herein against the said

judgment and decree has also been dismissed. Pursuant to the

finality of the judgment and decree in O.S.No.395/1983, the 11th

defendant deposited the sum of Rs.41,202/- being the 3/4th

amount spent for the school, payable to the relatives of the

second defendant pursuant to the direction in the Partition Deed

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of 1958. Such a deposit was made by the 11th defendant, being

the legatee under the Will executed by the second defendant.

The plaintiffs are bound to execute a Release Deed in favour of

the 11th defendant in terms of the provisions in the Partition

Deed of 1958 and in compliance with the decree in

O.S.No.395/1983. As per the Will executed by the second

defendant, properties covered by Document Nos.34/1957,

317/1955, 79/1955, 78/1955, 80/1955, 376/1958 and

1460/1995 together with the buildings therein and managership

of the school therein are vested with the 11th defendant. The

said properties were the self-acquired own properties of the

deceased original second defendant over which neither the

plaintiffs nor the defendants have any manner of right. The

present suit is barred by res judicata and estoppel in view of the

finality of the judgment and decree in O.S.No.395/1983.

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9. No oral evidence was adduced by either side. From the side of the

plaintiffs, Exts.A1 to A7 were marked. From the side of the

defendants, Exts.B1 to B6 were marked. The Commission Reports

were marked as Exts.C1 to C3 and the sketch was marked as

Ext.C3(a).

10.The Trial Court dismissed the suit holding that the suit is barred by

res judicata and constructive res judicata in view of

O.S.No.395/1983 instituted by the second defendant.

11.This Court had earlier allowed this Appeal in part as per judgment

dated 28.10.2021 remanding the matter back to the Trial Court for

fresh consideration finding that the decree in O.S.No.395/1983

which became final and conclusive was in respect of 2.18 Acres

scheduled therein as item Nos.1 to 6, whereas, the subject matter

of the present suit is 4.57 Acres of land included in 12 items in the

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plaint A schedule and hence there cannot be any res judicata with

respect to item Nos.7 to 12 scheduled in the plaint.

12.The 11th defendant filed Special Leave Petition before the Hon'ble

Supreme Court and in Civil Appeal No.2122/2024, the Hon'ble

Supreme Court set aside the judgment of this Court and

remanded the matter back to this Court to decide the matter on

all issues finding that this Court could have decided the matter

itself as this Court had all the powers to do that and that remand

should not be made as a matter of routine. It is also observed that

the learned counsel for the appellant would be at liberty to place

additional evidence before the High Court.

13.After remand from the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the 10th

respondent/11th defendant filed I.A.No.2/2024 producing 6

documents as Annexure R10 (a) to (f) which are certified copies of

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certain deeds, with a prayer to accept those documents as

additional evidence in this Appeal under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC.

The respondents 1 to 9 in the said I.A. filed Counter Affidavit to

I.A.No.2/2024. In the said petition, the 11th defendant claims that

six items, which are not included in the earlier O.S.No.395/1983,

which are item Nos.5, 7 and 9 to 12 in the present suit were owned

by his father - the second defendant or his mother, late Sarojini

Amma. It is stated that certified copy of the Title document with

respect to item Nos.5 & 7 in the plaint schedule is yet to be

received. It is stated that the said documents will be produced at

the earliest when they are made available by the authorities. Even

the numbers of the title documents with respect to item Nos.5 &

7 are not stated by the 10th respondent. The 10th respondent

claims that item Nos.10 & 11 were owned by his father as per

Document No.441/1961 of SRO Kuzhalmannam which is

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produced as Annexure R10(a). He claims that his father settled

item No.10 property as per Document Nos.2097/2003 and

1434/2002 of SRO Kuzhalmannam as per Annexure R10(b) & (c).

He claims that item No.11 was settled in favour of him by his

father as per Document No.355/2003 of SRO Kuzhalmannam as

per Annexure R10(d). He claims that Item No.12 belonged to his

mother as per Document No.1580/1958 of SRO Palakkad, which

is produced as Annexure R10(e). He claims that the said property

was settled in his favour by his mother as per Document

No.2308/1995 of SRO Kuzhalmannam as per Annexure R10(f). In

the affidavit, the averment is to the effect that the said documents

are vital and material for the proper adjudication of the lis and for

arriving at a just conclusion and it was a bona fide mistake on his

part not to have produced the documents despite due diligence.

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14.I heard the learned counsel for the appellants/ plaintiff Nos.3 & 4,

Sri. C. Chandrasekharan and the learned counsel for the 10th

respondent/ 11th defendant, Sri. Vinod Bhat.

15.The learned counsel for the appellants contended that only six

items out of the 12 items were included in the earlier suit. There

could not be any res judicata with respect to the remaining items.

There is specific finding in Ext.B3 judgment of the Division Bench

of this Court in A.F.A.No.37/2002 that the school properties are

Thavazhi properties. There is nothing in evidence to prove that the

plaint schedule properties are the self-acquired properties of the

2nd defendant. The 11th defendant claimed right over the plaint

schedule properties by a Will executed by the 2nd defendant. No

such Will was produced before the Trial Court. Along with I.A.

No.2/2024, the 11th defendant has produced six documents.

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Neither the 2nd defendant nor the 11th defendant has claimed any

right on the strength of these documents before the Trial Court.

The 11th defendant has not made out any case for admission of

those documents as additional evidence in this appeal under

Order 41 Rule 27 CPC. Even going by the averments in

I.A.No.2/2024, the defendants do not know as to how he claims

right over Items Nos.5 and 7. I.A.No.2/2024 is liable to be

dismissed. The appeal is liable to be allowed, ordering partition of

plaint A schedule Item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12, which were not included

in the earlier O.S No.395/1983.

16.On the other hand, the Counsel for the 10th respondent/11th

defendant contended that, at present, there is no quarrel with

respect to Item Nos.1 to 4, 6 & 8 in the Plaint A schedule, which

are included in the earlier suit O.S.No.395/1983. The remaining

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Item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule, except Item No.9,

belonged to the original second defendant/mother of the 11th

defendant as per the old documents. Item No.9 belongs to the 7th

defendant. The 11th defendant could find out the title of Item

Nos.10,11 and 12, obtained certified copies of the same and

produced the same along with I.A.No.2/2024. Title documents of

Item Nos. 5 & 7 are yet to be found. The documents produced

along with I.A.No.2/2024 would prove that Item Nos.10 and 11 are

the self-acquired properties of the second defendant and Item

No.12 is the property of the mother of the 11th defendant. Those

documents are essential to decide the controversy involved in this

appeal. I.A. No.2/2024 is liable to be allowed and the appeal is

liable to be dismissed, finding that the plaint schedule properties

are not available for partition as they are not Thavazhi properties.

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17.I have considered the rival contentions.

18.Going by the arguments addressed before me, the appellants are

claiming partition of Item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12 in the Plaint A

schedule in this appeal. Even according to the contesting 11th

defendant, Item No.9 belongs to the 7th defendant. The 11th

defendant does not claim any right over Item No.9. The 7 th

defendant has not raised any claim on Item No.9. Hence, I find

that there is no dispute with respect to the partibility of Item No.9.

Hence the partibility of Item Nos.5,7 & 10 to 12 in the Plaint A

schedule alone is the issue to be considered.

19.In view of the contentions advanced before me, the following

points arise for determination in this appeal.

1. Whether the documents produced along with I.A.No.2/2024 are liable to be

considered in this Appeal, accepting it as additional evidence?

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2. Whether Item Nos.5,7 & 10 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule are Thavazhi

properties available for partition or the self-acquired properties of the

second defendant?

3. If Item Nos.5,7 & 10 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule are available for partition,

what are the shares entitled to the parties to the suit?

POINT NO.1

20.When the Appellate Court receives an application to accept

additional evidence under Order 47 Rule 27 CPC, the same is to

be considered and disposed of along with the appeal. Only if the

Appellate Court decides to accept the documents produced as

additional evidence marking the same in evidence, the Appellate

Court is liable to consider those documents while disposing the

appeal. The 10th respondent has filed I.A.No.2/2024 to accept

certified copies of six registered documents in evidence on

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04.11.2024, subsequent to the remand of the case from the

Hon'ble Supreme Court as per Order dated 12.02.2024. In the

remand order, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has given liberty to the

10th respondent to place additional evidence before the High

Court. When additional evidence are placed before this Court, it

is for this Court to consider whether it is liable to accepted in

evidence under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC. The question is whether

the 11th defendant has satisfied the conditions for accepting the

additional evidence as required under Order 41 Rule 27 CPC. The

averments in I.A.No.2/2024 are that the said documents are vital

and material for proper adjudication of the lis and for arriving at

the just conclusion and that it was a bona fide mistake on his part

not to produce the documents despite due diligence. I am of the

view that the said averments are quite insufficient to accept the

additional evidence. The 11th defendant has not stated the due

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diligence undertaken by him to produce the said documents

before the Trial Court and his inability to produce the same. The

suit is of the year 1988. The previous suit O.S.No.395/1983 with

respect to part of the plaint schedule properties started in the year

1983. During the pendency of the suit, the present suit is filed. The

parties were well aware of the contentions since the year 1983.

Neither the original 2nd defendant nor the 11th defendant, who is

one of the legal heirs of the original second defendant, attempted

to produce any document to prove their contention that the plaint

schedule properties are the self-acquired properties of the

second defendant. No pleading was made with reference to those

documents. There is no pleading that the plaint schedule Item

no.12 belonged to the mother of the 11th defendant. It is quite

unbelievable that they were not aware of the title deeds of the

properties in which the school conducted by them is situated. The

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suit was disposed of only on 22.02.2014. They had enough time to

procure and produce the relevant documents before the Trial

Court. Even before this Court, the 11th defendant thought of

producing the above documents only after remand from the

Hon'ble Supreme Court in the year 2024. Even now, the 11th

defendant is in search of the title deeds of Item Nos. 5 and 7. If

these documents are accepted in evidence, the matter will have

to be remanded to the Trial Court to test these documents in trial.

In the remand order, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has clearly

observed that this Court could have decided the matter itself as it

had all the powers to do that and that remand should not be made

as a matter of routine, as it seems to have been done in this case.

This Court is specifically directed to decide the first appeal on all

the issues. In view of the aforesaid observations of the Hon'ble

Court, I am of the view that remand should not be made in this suit

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of the year 1988 to enable the 11th defendant to prove his

contention in the Trial with the aid of the additional documents

produced along with I.A.No.2/2024 when it is proved before this

Court that there is clear laches and negligence on the part of the

second defendant and the 11th defendant to produce the

additional documents which they claim as relevant documents.

Another thing is that nothing is pleaded about these additional

documents either in the Written Statement of the second

defendant or in the Written Statement of the 11th defendant. The 11th

defendant stated in his Written Statement that as per the Will executed

by the second defendant, properties covered by Document

Nos.34/1957, 317/1955, 79/1955, 78/1955, 80/1955, 376/1958 and

1460/1995 together with the buildings therein and managership of the

school therein are vested with the 11th defendant. The additional

documents sought to be accepted in evidence do not find a place in

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the above list. Though the 11th defendant claimed right over the

school properties as per a Will executed by the second defendant,

no such Will is produced. The date or number of such a Will is not

even pleaded. The additional documents now produced are

beyond the pleadings and run counter to the pleadings of the 11th

defendant in his Written Statement. On account of these reasons,

I have dismissed I.A.No.2/2024 by separate order and hence the

additional documents produced along with I.A.No.2/2024 are not

liable to be considered in this Appeal.

POINT NO.2

21.The present suit was instituted before the disposal of

O.S.No.395/1983. O.S.No.395/1983 was filed by the second

defendant herein to enforce clause No.14 in the Partition Deed of

the year 1958 to compel the other members of Thavazhi, who were

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the defendants in the said suit, to execute release deeds in favour

of the second defendant herein with respect to the school

property. O.S.No.395/1983 was decreed as per judgment dated

16.10.1989. In the said case, the second defendant herein, as

plaintiff therein, included six items of property in which the school

is situated. The second defendant claimed that those items

belonged to him. The defendants therein contended that six more

items are part of the school property and the same were left out in

the plaint schedule. They included those items in their Written

Statement. The Trial Court in Ext.B1 judgment in O.S.No.395/1983

specifically held that when Ext.A1 therein (Partition Deed of 1958)

was executed, the school was really the asset of the Thavazhi

notwithstanding Exts.A2 to A6 in the name of the plaintiff therein

and that the school did not retain the character of Thavazhi

property after the execution of Ext.A1 Partition Deed therein. It is

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also found that after 1958, Thavazhi as such no longer exists.

Ultimately decree was granted in favour of the plaintiff therein in

view of Clause 14 in Ext.A1 Partition Deed therein directing the

plaintiff therein to deposit Rs.41,202/- towards the interest of the

defendants over the plaint schedule properties and school

building and other items within three months and directing the

defendants therein to execute release deeds releasing all their

interest over the said properties to the plaintiff on deposit of the

said amount. Ext.B1 was confirmed by the Single Judge of this

Court in Ext.B4 and further confirmed by the Division Bench of this

Court in Ext.B3.

22.The question to be considered is the status of Item Nos.5,7 & 10

to 12 in the Plaint A schedule with reference to the Partition Deed

of 1958. Neither side has produced the Partition Deed of the year

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1958. From Ext.B1 Judgment in O.S No.395/1983, Ext.B4 judgment

in A.S.No.170/1990 and Ext.B3 judgment in A.F.A No.37/2002, it is

clear that the school property was kept common and was not

partitioned in the Partition Deed of 1958. The Division Bench of

this Court in Ext.B3 has specifically found that the school property

was a Thavazhi property and that the members of Thavazhi are

tenants in common from the date of the Partition Deed of 1958 in

relation to the suit property therein. Going by the description in the

plaint, Item Nos.5,7 & 10 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule are part of

school properties. The second defendant herein filed O.S

No.395/1983 to enforce Clause 14 of the Partition Deed by getting

release deeds from other members only with respect to six items

of properties which are Item Nos.1 to 4, 6 and 8 herein. With

respect to the remaining item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12 in the Plaint A

schedule, the second defendant did not seek enforcement of

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clause 14 of the Partition Deed of 1958. Those properties

continued to be held by the members of the Thavazhi as tenants

in common. They are liable to be partitioned among the plaintiffs

and the defendants who are the members of the Thavazhi. Hence,

I hold that Item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule are

available for partition among the members of the Thavazhi of the

1st defendant.

POINT NO.3

23.It is not in dispute that the plaintiffs 1 to 6 and defendants 1 to 8

are the members of the Thavazhi of the 1st defendant. Each of the

plaintiffs and defendants 1 to 8 is entitled to get 1/14 share in the

Item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule. Since the second

defendant has died, his share is to be allotted to the defendants 9

to 11 jointly. Since the third defendant has died, his share is to be

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allotted to the defendants 12 &13 jointly. It is seen that the court

fee is paid only by the plaintiffs, they alone are entitled to get

separate share.

24.In view of the aforesaid discussion, this Appeal is allowed, setting

aside the judgment and decree of the Trial Court and decreeing

the suit in part, passing a Preliminary Decree for Partition as

follows.

1. Item Nos.5,7 & 9 to 12 in the Plaint A schedule are liable to be

partitioned in 14 shares allotting separate possession of 1/14

shares to each of the six plaintiffs and allotting 8/14 shares

jointly to the defendants 1 & 4 to 12, in which the defendants 1

& 4 to 8 will have 1/14 shares each, the defendants 9 to 11

together will have 1/14 share and the defendants 12 & 13

together will have 1/14 share.

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2. The parties are allowed to apply for a final decree in

accordance with the Preliminary Decree.

3. The cost of the suit shall come out of the estate.

4. The suit is adjourned sine die.

Sd/-

M.A.ABDUL HAKHIM JUDGE

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RESPONDENT ANNEXURES

Annexure 1 TRUE COPY OF ORDER DATED 12-02-2024 IN SLP (C) NO.1166/2022 OF HON'BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Annexure 2 TRUE COPY OF ORDER DATED 04-10-2024 IN M.A.2049/2024 IN CIVIL APPEAL 2122/2024 OF HON'BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Annexure-R10(a) CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED NO.441/1961, SRO KUZHALMANNAM DATED 23-05-1961 (WITH CERTIFIED COPY) Annexure-R10(b) CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED NO. 2097/2003, SRO KUZHALMANNAM DATED 15-10-2003 (WITH LEGIBLE HANDWRITTEN COPY) Annexure-R10(c) CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED NO. 1434/2002, SRO KUZHALMANNAM DATED 05-08-2002 (WITH TYPED COPY) Annexure-R10(d) CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED NO.355/2003, SRO KUZHALMANNAM DATED 14-01-2003(WITH TYPED COPY) Annexure-R10(e) CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED NO. 1580/1958, SRO PALAKKAD DATED 11-06-1958 (WITH LEGIBLE HAND WRITTEN COPY) Annexure-R10(f) CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED NO. 2308/1998, SRO KUZHALMANNAM DATED 04-12-1998(WITH LEGIBLE HAND WRITTEN COPY)

 
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