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By consent of both the counsel for the parties, the appeals are heard together.

2. RFA No.4150/2012 is filed by the plaintiffs and RFA No.4025/2013 is filed by defendants 1 to 9 in O.S. No.45/2010 before the Senior Civil Judge, Haveri.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties would be referred to as per their status before the Court below.

4. Plaintiffs 1 to 4 are the married daughters of one Gurushantayya and Gurushantavva. Gurushantayya died intestate on 04/01/1974. Defendant No.1 is the 3rd son of Gurushantayya and Gurushantavva. Defendant No.5 is the widow of second son of Gurushantayya by name Chidanandayya and defendant Nos.2 to 4 are the children born to Chidanandayya and Ratnavva. Defendant No.6 is the widow of one Chandrashekarayya and defendants 7 to 9 are the children born to Chandrashekarayya and Girijamma.

5. The plaintiffs filed the suit for partition and separate possession claiming 1/7th share each in the suit schedule properties. According to them, deceased Chandrashekarayya, Chidanandayya, defendant Channaveerayya and plaintiffs are the children born to Gurushantayya and Gurushantavva and after the death of their parents, plaintiffs along with defendants 1 to 9 are entitled to claim equal share and that each of the plaintiffs are entitled to 1/7th share in the suit schedule properties. The suit schedule properties are described as 3 landed properties bearing R.S.No.2/3A, 2/3B and 2/3C situate at Ijarilakamapur village, Haveri taluk. Schedule "B" property is an ancestral family dwelling house.

7. Based on the above pleadings, the following issues were framed by the Court below:

"1.Whether plaintiffs prove that, the suit schedule 'A' properties were granted in favour of joint family by the land tribunal, Haveri?

2. Whether plaintiffs prove that, themselves and defendants are joint owner and joint possessor of suit schedule properties?

3. Whether defendants proves that, the description of suit schedule 'B' properties is incorrect?

In the result, the appeal filed by the plaintiffs in RFA No.4150/2012 is allowed in part. Similarly RFA No.4025/2013 filed by the defendants is also allowed in part. Consequently, the judgment and decree passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Haveri, in O.S.No.45/2010 dated 12th July, 2012 is hereby set aside and modified as hereunder:

A. The suit filed by the plaintiffs for partition and separate possession of plaint "A" schedule properties i.e., 3 landed properties, is dismissed.