1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28th DAY OF JANUARY 2015 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE HULUVADI G.RAMESH Regular First Appeal No.1472 / 2005 C/w. RFA.Crob.No.41 / 2006 In RFA.No. 1529 / 2005 RFA.No.1472/2005 : BETWEEN: B.Honnaiah s/o late Boraiah Since deceased, by LRs: a) Jayamma w/o late B.Honnaiah, Aged 76 yrs, R/at No.40, Agrahara Hasarahalli, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. b) H.Jaganath S/o late B.Honnaiah, Aged 60 yrs, R.at No.411, RHCS Layout, 9 th Cross, Annapurneswari Nagar, Bangalore. c) Renuka W/o late Vaidyanatheswara, D/o late B.Honnaiah, 58 yrs, R/at No.6, Opp: KEL Society, Behind BDA Complex, 2nd Stage, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. d) H.Nagendra S/o late B.Honnaiah, 54 yrs, R/at No.40, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. 2 e) H.Venugopal S/o late B.Honnaiah, 50 yrs, R/at No.65/4, 3rd Main Road, Ranganathapura K. Palya, Magadi Road, Bangalore. f) Indira Devi H. W/o Gopalakrishna, D/o late B.Honnaiah, 49 yrs, R/at No.1, Sirur Park Road, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. g) H.Vijayalakshmi W/o M.K.Gangadhar, D/o late B.Honnaiah, 41 yrs, R/of No.202/Y, 1 13 th Main, 3 rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore. h) H.Yuvaraj S/o late B.Honnaiah, 40 yrs, R/at No.40, AGrahara Dasarahalli, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. .. Appellants ( By Sri S.K.Venkata Reddy, Advocate Smt.K.Nalina and Sri B.A.Nanjundareddy, Advocates ) AND: 1. Hanumanthappa S/o late Boraiah Since deceased by his LRs: a) Sarojamma W/o late Hanumanthappa 72 yrs, R.at No.228, Kamakshipalya, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. 3 b) Saraswathamma H. D/o late Hanumanthappa W/o late Rudrappa, 55 yrs, R/at No.245, 12 th Cross, Ananthamurthy Layout, Srinagar, Bangalore. c) Lalitha H. D/o late Hanumanthappa W/o Veeranna, 52 yrs, R/at No.71, 6 th Cross, Jagajyothi Layout, Bangalore. d) Sujatha H. D/o late Hanumanthappa W/o Ramachandra, 47 yrs, R/at No.36, 1 st Main Road, 1st Cross, Obalappa Garden, Bangalore. e) Manjunath H. S/o late Hanumanthappa, 46 yrs, R/at No.227, 1 st Main Road, Near Old Govt.School Kamakshipalya, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. f) Sundaraju S/o late Hanumanthappa, 43yrs, R/at No.228 1 st Main Road, Near Old Govt.School Kamakshipalya, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. g) Gangadhara H. S/o late Hanumanthappa, 40yrs, R/at No.228 1 st Main Road, Near Old Govt.School Kamakshipalya, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. 4 h) Roopa H. Do late Hanumanthappa, W/o Ramesh B.R. 38rs, R/at 1 st Floor, 8th Main, 3 rd Stage, 3 rd Block, Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore. 2. Kalasappa s/o late Boraiah Since deceased, rep. by LRs: a) K.Shivashankar S/o late Kalasappa, 38 yrs, R/o Kamakshipalya Village, Magadi Road, Bangalore. b) K.Vasu, Since deceased, rep.by LRs: i) Smt.Gowramma, W/o late K.Vasu, 45 yrs, ii) Vijay Kumar S/o late K.Vasu, 23 yrs, iii) Umesh S/o late K.Vasu, Aged 21 yrs, R-2(b)(i) to (iii) are R/at No.202, Byraveshwara Nilaya, Kaveripuram, Kamakshipalyam Next to Temple of Shanimahatma, Bangalore. c) Jayalakshmamma, W/o Harinarayan, 30 yrs, R/of No.69, Gokul, 1 st Stage, 1st Phase, Mathikere, II Cross, Bangalore. 3. B.Krishnappa, S/o late Boraiah, 5 55 yrs, R/at No.35, 2 nd Main, 2nd Stage, 3 rd Block, Nagarabhavi Ring Road, (near BDA Complex) Bangalore. 4. Smt.Boramma, D/o late Boraiah W/o Rangappa, 54 yrs, R/of Thagiikuppe Village, Magadi Taluk, Bangalore. 5. Smt.Lakshmamma, W/o Rangaiah, D/o late Boaraiah, 65 yrs, R/of No.25/114, MES Extn., T.B.Road, Magadi Town, Bangalore. 6. Smt.Honnamma, W/o B.Krishnappa, Major, R/of Kamakshipalya, Magadi Road, Bangalore. 7. Smt.Sarojamma, W/o Hanumantappa, Major, R/of Kamakshipalya, Magadi Road, Bangalore. 8. Smt.Puttamma, W/o late Kalasappa, Major, R/of Kamakshipalya, Magadi Road, Bangalore. 9. Smt.Parvathi Subramanyam, w/o K.V.Subramanyam, 57 yrs, R/at No.278/C, 8 th Cross, III Stage, Prakashnagar, Bangalore. 10. Ganesh S/o Shanmugam, 60 yrs, R/at No.25, 6 th Cross, 5th Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore. 6 11. Smt.N.Arbuda Selvam, W/o N.Jayaram, 57 yrs, R/at No.U-4, 4 th Main Road, Swathanthra Palya Srirampuram, Bangalore. 12. Smt.C.M.Thangammal W/o L.G.Ponnuswamy, 66 yrs, R/at No.50, 1st Cross, Hanumanthapura, Bangalore. 13. Manikyam @ Venkatesh S/o Krishna Swamy, 75 yrs, R/at No.458, Indira Colony West of Chord Road, Rajajinagar, Bangalore. 14. Smt.Kuppamma W/o V.K.Manikyam, 60 yrs, R/at No.278/C, III Cross, Prakash Nagar, Bangalore. 15. Smt.Lalithamma W/o K.Ganesh, 50 yrs, R/at No.280, 7 th Cross, Prakash Nagar, Bangalore. .. Respondents ( By Sri V.B.Shivakumar, Advocate for R-7, Sri Patel D.Karegowda, Advocate for R-1 (E, F, G), Sri Harish O.K., Advocate For R-2A & R8, Sri Harish O.K. & Sri K.L.Srinivasa, Advocate For R-2(C), R2(B (1-3), Sri H.T.Narayan, Advocate for R2 (B)(i) to R2(B) (iii), Sri N.Bayyareddy, Advocate For R-3 & 6, Sri B.V.Achar, Advocate for R-4, Sri C.B.Srinivasan, Advocate for R-5 & R8, Sri H.T.Narayan, Advocate for R-9 to R-15, Sri K.L.Sreenivasa, Advocate for applicant In IA.1/2014 and 7 Sri S.K.Venkata Reddy, Advocate for R-1 (A-H). This Appeal is filed under Section 96 r/w Order 41 Rule 1 of CPC against the judgment and decree dated 31.5.2005 passed in O.S.No.8943/1980 on the file of VII Addl.City Civil Judge, Bangalore in so far as dismissing the suit of the plaintiff with respect to item Nos.8 to 10 of schedule-A and schedule-D to P to the plaint. RFA.Crob.No.41 / 2006 : Between : Smt.Boramma By her P.A.Holder R.Thimmegowda, 52 yrs, R/at No.104/9, 4 th B Main Road Govindarajanagar, Bangalore. .. Cross Objector ( By Sri P.Lakshminarayana, Advocate ) And : 1. B.Krishnappa, S/o late Boraiah, 56 yrs, R.at No.35, 1 st Main, 1 st Block, Nagarbhavi 2 nd Stage, Bangalore. 2. B.Honnaiah, S/o late Boraiah, Since deceased, by his LRs: a) ayamma w/o late B.Honnaiah, Aged 76 yrs, R/at No.40, Agrahara Hasarahalli, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. 8 b) H.Jaganath S/o late B.Honnaiah, Aged 60 yrs, R.at No.411, 6th Cross, 2 nd Stage, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. c) H.Venugopal S/o late B.Honnaiah, 58 yrs, Residing near Mayura Textile, Ranganathapura Kamakshipalya, Bangalore. d) Smt.H.Gowramma, D/o late B.Honnaiah, W/o late Vydyanath, 56 yrs, R/at No.6, KLE School Road, 3rd Block, 2 nd Stage, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. e) H.Nagendra S/o late B.Honnaiah, 54 yrs, R/at No.40, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. f) Smt. Indira H. W/o Gopinath, D/o late B.Honnaiah, 48 yrs, R/at No.3, Sirur Park Road, 2 nd Cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. g) H.Vijaya W/o Gangadhar, D/o late B.Honnaiah, 45 yrs, R/of No.202/Y, 13 th Main, 3 rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore. h) H.Kumar S/o late B.Honnaiah, 40 yrs, R/at No.40, AGrahara Dasarahalli, Magadi Main Road, Bangalore. 3. Hanumanthappa S/o late Boraiah, 9 Since deceased, rep.by his LRs: a) Sarojamma W/o late Hanumanthappa 74 yrs, R.at No.71, 6 th Cross, Jagajyothi Layout, Doddabasthi Road, Kenchanapura Cross, Bangaldore. b) Saraswathamma H. D/o late Hanumanthappa 54 yrs, R/at No.245, 12 th Cross, Ananthamurthy Layout, Srinagar, Bangalore. c) Lalitha H. D/o late Hanumanthappa 52 yrs, R/at No.71, 6 th Cross, Jagajyothi Layout, Doddabasthi Road, Kenchanapura Cross, Bangalore. d) Sujatha H. D/o late Hanumanthappa 49 yrs, R/at K.R.Road, Garadi Apartments, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. e) Smt.Tejaswani @ Roopa, D/o late B.Hanumanthappa, 39 yrs, R/at 114, 1 st Floor, 8 th A Main Road, 3rd Stage, 3 rd Block, Basaweshvaranagar, Bangalore. f) Manjunath H. S/o late Hanumanthappa, 47 yrs, Near Old Govt.School Kamakshipalya Main Road, Bangalore. g) Sundaraju S/o late Hanumanthappa, 45y rs, R/at Kamakshipalya Main Road, 10 Near Govt.School, Bangalore. h) Gangadhara H. S/o late Hanumanthappa, 43 yrs, R/at Near Old Govt.School Kamakshipalya, Bangalore. 4. B.Kalasappa Since dead by his LRs: a) K.Shivashankar S/o late B.Kalasappa, 41 yrs, R/at No.240, Kalasappa Building Basaveshwaranagar Post, Kamakshipalya, Bangalore. b) K.Vasu, Since deceased, by LRs: i) Smt.Gowramma, W/o late K.Vasu, 41 yrs, ii) Vijayakumar, S/o late K.Vasu, 21 yrs, iii) Umesh s/o late K.Vasu, 20 yrs, All R/at Kaveripura, Kamakshipalya, Bangalore. c) Smt.Jayalakshmamma, W/o Harinarayana, 36 yrs, R/at No.69, Gokul 1 st stage, 1st Phase, 2 nd Cross, Mathikere, Bangalore. 5. Smt.Lakshmamma, D/o late Boraiah, W/of late Rangaiah, 69 yrs, R/at No.25/114, NES Extension, T.B.Road, Magadi Town, 11 Bangalore Rural Dist. (Smt.Sowbhagyamma is appointed as Guardian of R-5 vide Court order Dated 21.8.2014) 6. Nanjappa, Since deceased, rep.by his LRs: i) Smt.Lakshmamma, Wife, 73 yrs, ii) Balarama, Son, 49 yrs,.