RAJRANA KHUMANSINGH Vs. CHATURBHUJ

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is an appeal by Rajrana Khumansingh against the judgment and decree of the District Judge, Udaipur, by which he upheld the judgment of the Civil Judge of Udaipur district, and dismissed the appeal filed before him by the present appellant.

(2.) IT is not necessary for present purposes to give in detail the case put forward by the plaintiffs respondents, or the defence taken by the defendant appellant. Suffice it to say that the suit was brought by the plaintiffs respondents for recovery of possession of certain agricultural land in village Dankela. The plaintiffs claimed that they were in possession of the land by virtue of a Bapi Patta granted to them in Svt. 1943 by the Thikana Dilwara, and had been dispossessed by force by the present appellant. The main defence of the appellant was that no Patta had been granted to the plaintiffs, and as the land belonged to him, he had taken possession of it. In the alternative, the authority of the person granting the Patta was challenged.