The plot Nos.1 to 5 mentioned in the plaint rough plan belongs to the plaintiff and plot Nos.6 to 8 mentioned in the said plan belongs to the defendants. The entire land is shown as 'ABCD' in the plaint plan. There is a well in the middle of the land. All these plots and the well therein originally belonged to a common ancestor, Ramasamy who had two sons viz., Velayutham and Annamalai. Velayutham had two sons viz., Ponnusamy and Sellamuthu (Plaintiff No.1) Ponnusamy had three sons viz., Rajangam, Ramanujam and Chinnapan (defendants 1 to 3). In all the properties Annamalai had ½ share which had now been purchased by the plaintiffs under two sale deeds dated 12.07.1948 and 07.02.1962 i.e., plot Nos. 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Out of the remaining plots, the plot Nos. 1 and 2 are shares of the plaintiffs 1 and 2 and the plot Nos. 6, 7 and 8 constituted the share of Ponnusamy, father of the defendants. In other words, plaintiffs owned the north-eastern and southeastern corners in the suit locality, as well as the central blocks in and around the suit well. The defendants are entitled only to north-western and south-western corners and a small portion lying to the east of the later. Arithmetically, the plaintiffs are entitled to ¾ share in the suit properties. The suit village Paranam was formally a Zameen village which has now been taken over by the Government under Madras Estates Abolition Act and converted as a ryotwari land and granted patta. The properties have been surveyed as 148/4 measuring 73 cents on the western side and 148/5 measuring 1.17 acres on the eastern side. The well is in the middle, in the plaintiffs' land. Out of total extent of 1.90 acres, the plaintiffs are entitled to 1.50 acres and the defendants are entitled to the remaining 40 cents. After abolition of the Zameen, in the well, the plaintiffs are entitled to ¾ share and the defendants are entitled to ¼ share and the parties are enjoying accordingly.
