JUDGMENT

K.G. Balakrishnan, J.-This appeal is against the Judgment of High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Regular Second Appeal No. 2245 of 1978. The appellants were Plaintiffs in a suit filed for declaration of the title in respect of 64 canals and 8 marlas comprising Khatauni Nos. 1361 to 1364 and 11 canals and 9 marlas comprising Khatauni No. 1746 in village Dheleke, Tehsil Moga in Punjab. The appellants contended that they had purchased this land by a registered sale deed from respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in June 1957. The first respondent is Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (hereinafter being referred to as "SGPC"). The appellants alleged that SGPC had no title or right over the suit property. The appellants prayed that the first respondent be restrained from taking possession of their property. They alleged that the suit property originally belonged to one Jeeta Singh and he was an occupancy tenant whose rights devolved on Bhola Singh who was father of the second respondent and husband of the third respondent. According to the appellants, Bhola Singh became the absolute owner of this land by virtue of the provisions of the Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietory Rig