hi, when it comes to parittion suit within a hindu joint family for ancestral property with no will/settlement deed in place, understand it varies on a case to case basis,but as a universal law ,which takes precedence on the below especially when one party is in long possession of the prperty
a)long possession of the party
b)current state of records in the title
c)rights on the share of the property
d)limitation period as such for declaration of titile and filing partition suit..
the below states about long possession but there are few other citiations that state on current and most reecnt title of record
https://sites.google.com/site/mmmlawreport/inheritance-laws/inpartitionsuitmerelongpossessionandenjoymentofoneofthecoparcenerdoesnotvesthimwithanyspecialrightsfrompartitiongudivadanarayanamurthyvsgudivadaparvathamma13orsreportedinhttphcapnicincsismaininfosamno855year2013