shall stand disposed of. Civil Appeals @ SLP(Civil) No(s). 23143-23144 of 2016 25. Leave granted. 1026. The present appeals by special leave are preferred against the judgment dated 27th March, 2014 passed by the Division Bench of High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad, whereby the learned Division Bench vide a common judgment dismissed LPA No. 37 of 2002 preferred by defendant No. 1 and the firm-defendant No. 9 and allowed LPA No. 48 of 20026 preferred by respondent No. 1-plaintiff. 27. The status and rank of the parties to the lis is as below: - Party Name Position before this Position in O.S. Court No. 121 of 1999 S. Raghuraj Reddy Respondent No. 1 Plaintiff Late S. Shivraj Through his LRs. Defendant No. 1 Reddy (Appellant No. 1 to 5) B. Narayan Reddy - Defendant No. 2 K. Mohan Reddy - Defendant No. 3 K. Janga Reddy - Defendant No. 4 B. Arjun Reddy - Defendant No. 5 Smt. B. Suseela - Defendant No. 6 Smt. Kalavathi - Defendant No. 7 Smt. B. Sharada - Defendant No. 8