JUDGMENT

Faizan Uddin, J.-This is an appeal by the unsuccessful plaintiffs whose suit for declaration to the effect that they are in possession as owners of 2/3 share in the estate of the husband of respondent No. 1 was dismissed by the Sub-Judge, 1st Class, Muktsar as barred by limitation by his judgment and decree dated May 17, 1992 which has been affirmed by the First Appellate Court and the High Court.

2. The; land in suit is the ancestral land originally belonging to Gulab Singh who died leaving behind him his five sons, namely, Sampuran Singh, Jeet Singh, Dalip Singh, Chand Singh and Bakhtawar Stngh. The defendant respondent herein was married to Dalip Singh. Dalip Singh died in the year 1932 whereafter the respondent Sada Kaur contracted Karewa marriage with Chand Singh the younger brother of her deceased husband Dalip Singh.

3. The plaintiffs .appellants who are two sons of late oGulab Singh filed a declaratory suit on 10.1.1992 by contending that they were in possession as owners of 2/3 share in the estate of Dalip Singh, the late husband of defendant/respondent No. 1 and that the defendant/respondent No. 1 had forefeited her right in the estate of her deceased husband on