Women's Rights on Ancestral property in Chennai

Dear Ms. Lakshmi,

From the facts revealed by you, it is quite clear that the property is ancestral.  Prior to 1.1.2005, the ancestral property would devolve only upon the surviving male decendants - meaning thereby that only your brothers would be entitled to share and not the female members i.e. daughters.

Since according to you, the property had been partitioner in the year 1986 itself, the said partition cannot be now questioned.

If your brothers are enjoying the rental income, truly they are entitled to it.

It is only if the ancestral property had not been partitioned prior to 1.1.2005, then the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 has been mended and according to the amended provision, even the daughters are treated as co-parcenars and would have equal right in the ancestral property as the sons in the family.  However, the amendment clearly provides that anything done prior to 1.1.2005 will not be disturbed.

Frankly speaking, you being a female member of the family, and the partition of the ancestral property having been done prior to 1.1.2005, do not have any right / claim over your grandfather's property.  As simple as that.

You would not be in a position to stop from your brothers from selling the property.  If at all, only your brother's children (both sons and daughters - as I mentioned earlier, daughters also have equal share in the ancestral property from 1.1.2005) can object to the sale. 

Dear Sir,

I appreciate your response for my question & wish to thank u for the same.

question is not clear

u have written your grandparents had four brothers

is it brother or son?

kindly see