K G SHIVALINGAPPA Vs. G S ESWARAPPA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) LEAVE granted in special leave petition (C) No. 1111 of 2000.

(2.) BARE essential facts, set out hereinafter, would in our opinion, be sufficient to appreciate the crux of controversy arising for the decision in these appeals.

(3.) AGGRIEVED against the judgments and decrees passed by the courts below, plaintiffs-respondents filed second appeal in the High Court which was numbered as R. S. A. No. 918 of 1992. The second appeal was