The relevant facts giving rise to this appeal are necessary to be recapitulated and they are as follows: Othayath Gopalan Nambiar (since dead) and Othayath Lekshmy Amma (who is the first appellant herein) filed an Execution Application No. 556 of 1970 in Original Suit No. 817 of 1943 in the court of the Munsiff of Badagara under Section 13(B) of the Land Reforms Act, as amended by the Amending Act 35 of 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act ') for restoration of possession of the properties mentioned in the schedule of the application, which were sold in court auction for arrears of rent in pursuance of the decree made in O.S. No. 817 of 1943.1t seems that during the pendency of the proceedings before the Munsiff, Othayath Gopalan Nambiar died and thereafter the first appellant 's son claiming to be the karnavan of the tavazhi got himself impleaded as the third petitioner in the said Execution Application, who is figuring as the second appellant herein.