(1.) The unsuccessful defendants in the suit are the appellants herein.
(2.) The plaintiffs filed the suit for the relief of declaration and permanent injunction, in respect of the suit property.
(3.) The case of the plaintiffs is that the suit property, which is a cultivable nanja land, bearing Old S.No.276, situated at Abisekarapuram Village, Trichy, originally belonged to one Late Mottaiyandi and he was in possession and enjoyment of the same till his death, i.e. on 28/3/1994. After the death of said Mottaiyandi, a portion of the property, in S.No.276 was converted as a Pathway and the remaining portion has been in possession and enjoyment of the plaintiffs and the suit property is the ancestral property and they are claiming right over the same by virtue of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (hereinafter, referred to as 'the Act').