JUDGMENT :

SURYA KANT, J.

1. Application (IA No. 115495/2021) for bringing on record the legal representatives of deceased appellant no. 2 is allowed after condoning the delay, if any. Cause title be amended accordingly.

2. In these civil appeals the controversy revolves around the ownership rights over Khasra Nos. 115, 151 and 152, situated within the Revenue Estate of village Mustafabad, District Haridwar, Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand). It is broadly not in dispute that the subject land is an ancestral property originally owned by Angat, who died leaving behind three sons, namely, Ramji Lal, Khushi Ram and Pyara. Pyara died issue-less and his share devolved equally upon his other two brothers. Khushi Ram also seems to have died before 1950 leaving behind his son Kalyan Singh, who succeeded his father’s share in the subject property. The fact that Kalyan Singh was co-owner/co-sharer in the subject land is fortified from the entries in the revenue record, which the appellants have produced in these proceedings as well.

3. It seems that consolidation proceedings were initiated in village Mustafabad in late 50s or early 60s in accordance with the provisions of the U.P. Consolidation of H