Akkavva alias Parvathibai, defendant No. 4, brother Bhimaji Martand Desai, defendant No.5 who had gone in adoption to Martand, member of a junior branch and father 's brother ' son Khando Tirmal Desai, defendant No. 1, a declaration that the properties described in Schedules B and C appended to the plaint, called the Kundgol Deshgat Estate, situate in the district of Dharwar in the State of Karnataka, formed an impartible estate and governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture and that the plaintiff being the present holder of the office of Desai was entitled to remain in full and exclusive possession and enjoyment of the suit properties and that the other members of the family had no right, title or interest therein but were only entitled to maintenace and residence, for exclusive possession of the family residential house at Kundgol known as Wada described in Schedule B part 2 from the defendants Nos. 2 to 5, for exclusive possession of insignia of honour described in Schedule E and one third share in the family movables described 346 in Schedule D. Alternatively, in the event of the Court holding that the properties described in Schedule B, C and D, were properties belonging to the joint Hindu family, the plaintiff claimed partition and separate possession of his one sixth share therein.