GOPAL DASS Vs. RISHI PAL AND ANOTHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These are three appeals filed by the plaintiff against different respondents, arising out of three different suits filed by him before the learned Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Yamuna Nagar, in which he sought decrees of declaration that he is a co-owner of the land as detailed in the plaints, by first declaring that the sale deeds dated 17.09.1966 are illegal, null and void and not binding upon the rights of the appellantplaintiff, and do not create any right in the respondent-defendants.

(2.) The case of the plaintiff is that sale deeds were executed qua the land standing in the name of the plaintiff, by his grand-father Raghubir Singh, in favour of the respondents-defendants in these three appeals, on 17.09.1966, at a time when the plaintiff was about 12 years old, having been born on 07.11.1954.

(3.) In the written statements filed by the defendants, preliminary objections with regard to the maintainability of the suits, locus standi of the plaintiff, estoppel, limitation and non-joinder of necessary parties were taken, further stating on merit that Raghubir Singh was duly authorised to execute the sale deed and as such, the transfer of the land to the defendants/their predecessors-in-interest, was perfectly legal and valid. The ownership of the plaintiff of the suit land, prior to the sale, was however, accepted.