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1. The defendant in O.S.No.572/87 on the file of the First Additional District Munsif, Pondicherry, is the appellant in the second appeal. The respondents filed the suit for a declaration that they are the absolute owners of the B Schedule property, for recovery of possession of the same and for mesne profits past and future, on the following averments:

One Periya Ayee Ammal owned and possessed a lot of properties including the plaint A Schedule property. She died about 80 years prior to the suit, leaving behind five sons Amanan, Muthulingam, Thulukkanam, Arjunan and Subbarayan as her heirs. They enjoyed the entire A Schedule property and 4 other equally measured plots on the west of the A Schedule property as set out in the plaint plan. The five brothers divided the properties into five plots described as A, B, C, D and E in the plaint plan. Amanan was allotted the western most plot marked as A in the plan, the second brother Muthulingam the B marked plot, Thulukkanam C marked, Arjunan D marked and Subbarayan E marked. Since on the west, south and north of the plaint Schedule there was no access to road, a lane was opened in the middle by consent among the sharers from the eastern end of Amanan's plot up to the eastern end of Subbarayan's plot opening at Muthu Mariamman Koil Street as a common lane for all of them. The lane lies west to east across the plots of all the four younger brothers. Subbarayan died 65 years prior to the suit leaving behind his only son Rangasamy to survive him and inherit the plaint A Schedule property and marked as e area in the plaint plan. He was in enjoyment for over 15 years and died in the year 1924 leaving behind his only son Vadivelu as his sole legal heir. Vadivelu was born in the ancestral house in the A Schedule property itself, lived there and died in 1963. He died leaving behind one Ponnusamy and the first plaintiff. Ponnusamy lived in the suit property ever since his birth. They have enjoyed the property peacefully without any interruption whatsoever. Arjunan, who was the owner of the plaint plan D marked portion, died leaving behind his two sons Jagannathan and Thulukkanam. Jagannathan died leaving behind his two sons Kuppusamy and Ganesan. Kuppusamy died leaving behind his two sons Samikannu alias Balan and Varadharasu alias Devarasu. Varadharasu alias Devarasu is the defendant in the suit. Thulukkanam died leaving behind his two sons Subramanian and Ganapathy. Subramanian died leaving behind his two children Thayarammal and Shanmugham.