(a) The defendant denied the entire allegations made in the plaint. Initially, the suit schedule property belongs to one Krishna Rao and his brother Raghunatha Rao. The defendant's grand father enjoyed the northern side of the property by way of lease and thereafter, the same was conveyed to the defendant's father and he was enjoying the suit property by way of lease. Accordingly, the defendant purchased 2 1/2 cents of the suit schedule property from Ramachandra Rao's wife Kangubai, by a registered Sale Deed, dated 17.12.1986. Thereafter, the defendant became the owner of the suit schedule property of 2 1/2 cents and enjoyed the suit property without any disturbance. However, suppressing the earlier facts, the plaintiff approached the Revenue Authorities under the "Nila Udamai Membattu Thittam" Mayiladuthurai and obtained patta. Even assuming that the patta stands in his name, the plaintiff challenged the first defendant's right since the defendant purchased the property for valuable consideration from the legal heirs of the first appellant. While being so, the plaintiff encroached a portion of the suit property and running betelnet shop in the suit property and the admission made by the defendant; that the plaintiff enjoyed the suit property for more than 12 years is not at all true at any point of time. Only in order to grab the suit property from the defendant, the plaintiff has filed the vexatious suit.
