16.The plaintiffs claimed that the suit property namely,
Punja lands measuring 4½ cents in R.S.No.408/16 in South
Street,ThirukadaiyurVillage,TharangampadiTaluk,
Myladuthurai, bounded on the West by Kanthuruvan house and
backyard, on the East by house of the defendants and backyard
and of the South by South Street and on the North by
ArthajamaKattalai backyard belonged to them. To establish
title, the plaintiffs produced Exs.A1 and A2. Ex.A1 was the sale
deed in the name of Saminatha Pathar executed by Sundara Aasari
dated 18.10.1907. A perusal of the said document reveals that
the survey number was 408/M and the land was classified as
punjai manai. Ex.A2 was the previous title deed, namely, sale
deed dated 04.09.1901, executed by Saminatha Pathar in favour of
Sundara Aasari. In this the page relating to the survey number
was torn. The learned District Munsif had therefore doubted
whether Exs.A1 and A2 related to the same property. In the
plaint, it was specifically mentioned that even though the
original survey number was 408/M, during re-survey in 1927, the
suit property was allotted R.S.No.408/16. However, the
plaintiffs have not produced any document to co-relate the fact
that S.No.408/M and S.No.408/16 relate to the same property. In
the notice in Ex.A7 dated 10.06.1955, the suit property was
described as 4½ cents Natham Jarri in S.No.408/M. However, in
the plaint, it had been described as R.S.No.408/16, punjai land.
