3.1. In the written statement, the defendants have contested the title of the plaintiff as alleged by her and pleaded that the suit property is comprised in Natham S.F.No: 504/12 correlated to Old Sy.No:30/3R. Old Sy.No:3R had an extent of 1.40 acres in which the first defendant, second defendant's husband Muthiah Thevar and their father Shanmugaiah Thevar were having title to undivided 21 cents. This, they obtained under a partition deed dated 11-121972. Shanmugaiah Thevar and his son, namely the first defendant and Muthaiah Thevar, husband of the second defendant, constructed a house in 21 cents of land in Survey No.30/3 and resided in the said property and had also put up a cow shed in the said property. To keep their agricultural implements they had put up a small building on the eastern side of their plot. As per the current revenue record, this plot of land is now comprised in S.F.No:504/12 correlated to Old S.F.No:30/3R. The defendants 1 and 2, therefore, are the owners of the property. For over 30 years, the first defendant has been in Gangaikondan for his livelihood, and his father Shanmugaiah Thevar and brother Muthaiah were in the said plot of 21 cents. While so, Muthaiah Thevar and his fatherin-law Shanmugaiah Thevar died successively in 2004 and 2006 respectively.
