GAJJAN SINGH Vs. VIRSA SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is an appeal against the judgment passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Amritsar vide which the judgment and decree passed by the learned trial Court was set aside and case remanded back to the trial Court to record a finding on issue Nos. 2 to 6, 9 and 10.

(2.) THE plaintiff respondent filed a suit for joint possession of 4/15th share i.e. 26 kanals 13 marlas out of the land measuring 100 kanals 2 marlas as described in the head note of the plaint and according to the jamabandi for the year 1992-93 situated at village Amrik. The plaintiff claimed to be owner of 4/15th share of suit land and claimed that defendant No. 1 was owner of 1/5th share out of the suit land and defendant Nos. 2 and 3 are the owners of 4/6th share each out of the suit land and further defendants have no concern or interest in the suit land. It was claimed that the plaintiff had gone abroad to Iraq and remained there for 5-6 years. The plaintiff claimed that he came to know about mutation No. 1074 regarding the sale by the plaintiff in favour of Tara Singh son of Dula Singh to the extent of half share and Sajjan Singh son of Inder Singh remaining half share. The mutation was claimed to be illegal, null and void on the plea that the plaintiff had not executed any sale-deed in favour of Tara Singh and Sajjan Singh. It was further pleaded that Virsa Singh plaintiff had not executed any power of attorney dated 8.6.1983 in favour of Chanan Singh son of Meghar Singh defendant No. 1 because the plaintiff was not in India and the power of attorney is the result of impersonation. The plaintiff claimed that he has not thumb marked on any power of attorney and therefore claimed that the sale-deed dated 20.6.1983 is illegal, null and void. It was further the case of the plaintiff that as the defendants had failed to admit the claim of the plaintiff the suit was being filed.

(3.) DEFENDANT Nos. 4, 10 and 11 also took similar pleas. Similarly defendant No. 16 also filed separate written statement claiming on the same lines.