Judgment

FAZAL ALI, J. - This is a defendants appeal by certificate granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court by order dated the 12th July 1967. The plaintiffs had filed a suit for declaration and ejectment, which was in the first instance dismissed by the trial Court but on appeal the judgment was reversed and the suit was decreed by the District Judge. Thereafter, the defendant went up in second appeal to the High Court which was heard by a single Judge who reversed the decision of the District Judge and dismissed the suit. The plaintiffs-respondents then filed an appeal under the Letters Patent before a Division Bench of the High Court which reversed the judgment of the single Judge and decreed the plaintiffs suit. Therefore, the defendants moved the High Court for granting a certificate of fitness as the value of the subject-matter was Rs.20,000 or more. The High Court having found that the value of the subject-matter was not less than Rs.20,000 granted the certificate of fitness. It may be mentioned here that while the appeal was pending before the High Court according to the the appellants, two of the appellants in the Letters Patent appeal in the High Court, namely, Kartar