(1.) Heard learned Counsel for the appellants and learned Counsel for the respondents.
(2.) The present appeal is filed being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dtd. 18/01/2003 passed by the learned Joint District Judge, Amravati in Regular Civil Appeal No.109/2000 confirming the judgment and decree dtd. 22/03/2000 passed in Regular Civil Suit No.82/1998 by the learned Joint Civil Judge, Junior Division, Morshi.
(3.) The brief of the appellants case is as under : The father-in-law of the appellant No.1/original plaintiff No.1 namely Januji Babuji Bondarkar was cultivating the field Survey No.21 of Shri. Eknath Dinkar Chandurkar from 1950- 1951 as a tenant of the said field. Accordingly, certificate of purchase issued to this effect on 21/03/1994 and registered saledeed was executed by the Tahsildar on 22/03/1994. The father-inlaw of the appellant No.1 got the absolute ownership and title of the suit field. But after death of Januji, his son namely Sitaram Januji Bondharkar being a legal representative got the title and possession of the suit field. Sitaram effected a family partition on 21/08/1997 and transferred the title and possession of the suit field in favour of the appellant Nos.1 to 4 who are the original plaintiff Nos.1 to 4. In view of partition by registered partition deed, the appellant/plaintiff got the absolute ownership and title of the suit field. The 7/12 extract statements are recorded in the name of father-in-law of the appellant No.1 as a cultivator of the suit field.