ORDER

Civil Appeals Nos. 4823-28 of 1984

1. These six appeals arise out of the judgment rendered in Regular Second Appeal No. 251 of 1981 by learned Single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 25-7-1984 which came to be followed in Second Appeals Nos. 252-56 of 1981. As the issue involved in these appeals is identical, we propose to dispose of all the appeals by this common order.

2. The factual matrix is that the appellants purchased different parcels of land situate in the city of Ambala under separate registered sale deeds. The respondent, who was tenant in respect of the said lands, instituted suits to enforce the right of pre-emption conferred by Section 15 of the Punjab Preemption Act, 1913 as adopted in the State of Haryana under the Haryana Adaptation of Laws Order, 1968. The suits were decreed by separate judgments rendered on 30-9-1980. By the said judgment and decree the respondents right of pre-emption was recognised and he was granted time to deposit the court fee within one month and the remaining 4/5th sale price by 27 -11-1980. Admittedly, the respondent complied with these conditions within the time allowed by the decree.

3. It appears that in the meantime