( 1 ) THE appellants herein are the defendants in O. S. No. 149 of 1995 on the file of the principal Junior Civil Judge, Karimnagar. The respondents herein filed the suit for declaration of title and perpetual injunction claiming to be the owners and possessors of an extent of Ac. 1. 15 gts, and Ac. 1. 14 gts, in sy. Nos. 95/a and 95/b respectively of bommakal village.

( 2 ) THE case of the plaintiffs is that when they obtained certified copies of the Pahanis for obtaining a loan from the Co-operative bank, they found that the Pahanis for the years 1980-81 to 1988-89, 1991-92 and 1992-93 recorded the name of the 1st defendant as the possessor, while the Pahani for the years 1989-90 the name of the 2nd defendant as the possessor. The plaintiffs approached the defendants to take steps to rectify the entries in the revenue records. The defendants refused and also denied the title of the plaintiffs. The defendants also came to the suit schedule property on 10-5-94 and tried to interfere with the petitioners possession. Hence the suit.

( 3 ) THE appellants herein resisted the suit contending that the father of the 2nd defendant purchased the land in sy. No. 95/a on 10-