years prior to the date of filing of the suit and not beyond that. 7 O.S. No. 754 of 1991 later renumbered as O.S. No. 121 of 1997. 1230. Being aggrieved, defendant No. 1 and firm-defendant No. 9 filed LPA No. 37 of 2002 challenging the said judgment and respondent No. 1-plaintiff filed LPA No. 48 of 2002 challenging the observation that respondent No. 1- plaintiff cannot seek rendition of accounts beyond a period of three years prior to filing of the suit. 31. Learned Division Bench of the High Court of the Andhra Pradesh vide judgment dated 27th March 2014, dismissed the LPA No. 37 of 2002 preferred by defendant No. 1 and the firm- defendant No. 9 and allowed the LPA No. 48 of 2002 preferred by respondent No. 1-plaintiff, which are assailed in these appeals by special leave. 32. We have considered the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the impugned judgments and the material placed on record. Discussion and Conclusion: - 33. Ex facie,