authority on the basis of the possession of the properties. Thereafter, the suit schedule properties were mutated in the name of Sri.M.R.Srinivasa Murthy, i.e., defendant No.12. It is the case of defendant No.14 that Sri.M.B.Ramappa had gifted the suit properties and other properties belonging to him to his children, under the Gift Deed dated 04.03.1994 and in the said Gift Deed, the suit schedule properties was gifted to defendant Nos.12 and he was put in possession of the suit schedule properties and all the revenue documents stood in the name of the defendant Nos.12. Thereafter, defendant Nos.12 sold the schedule properties in favour of defendant No.1 by way of registered sale deed dated 28.11.2005 and the possession was handed over to defendant No.1. Thereafter, defendant No.1 and his family members have entered into a family partition through a registered partition deed dated 29.01.2016 and in the said partition, the schedule properties allotted to the share of defendant No.1, as such, defendant No.1 became the absolute owner of the suit scheduled properties. It is the case of the defendant No.14 that the plaintiffs are totally strangers to the schedule properties and they do not have any manner of right, title or possession over the schedule properties.
