(1.) This is a plaintiffs' appeal against confirming judgment.
(2.) The plaintiffs instituted the suit for declaration of right, title and interest and recovery of possession. The case of the plaintiffs is that suit land was recorded in the name of their father Balabhadra Gantayat. In the year 1968, the predecessor-in-interest of the defendants, were permitted to occupy the land by constructing temporary sheds as their houses had been destroyed in fire. In the year 1978, the defendants agreed to vacate the land, but then they did not vacate the land.
(3.) The defendants filed written statement stating that their predecessors-in-interest had purchased the land by oral sale in the year 1946. They had acquired title by way of adverse possession.