Judgment

V. N. KHARE, J.

( 1 ) THE question for decision in this appeal is whether a suit laid in the civil Court by a recorded tenure holder in possession for cancellation of the sale deed in favour of the respondents executed by some imposters in respect of the land is barred under Section 331 and Schedule II of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). The aforesaid question has arisen out of a suit brought by the plaintiff-appellants for cancellation of sale deed alleged to be executed in favour of respondent Nos. 3 and 4. The case of the plaintiff-appellants is that one Smt. Vidyawati Devi, who was the owner and Bhumidar of the land in dispute, transferred the said plot of land by a registered sale deed dated 12/07/1984 in their favour. Subsequently, the vendor Smt. Vidyawati Devi delivered the possession of the said plot of the land to the appellants and accordingly their names got mutated in the revenue records. The further case of the appellants is that, subsequently, defendant-respondent Nos. 3 and 4 forged an agreement for sale of the said plot of land in their favour. It is also the case of the appellants that on 24/07/