Heard the learned counsel for the appellant/defendant and the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent/plaintiff.

2. The parties are referred to by their nomenclature before the trial court for the sake of convenience and brevity.

3. The appellant/defendant is before this Court being aggrieved by the judgment and decree rendered by the XVI Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, rendered in O.S.No.2844/2001 whereby the Trial Court has been pleased to decree the suit of the respondent/plaintiff and thereby declared him to be the owner in possession of the suit schedule property and further pleased to grant an injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with his peaceful possession and enjoyment of the suit property.

4. The case of the plaintiff was that he is the absolute owner and he had acquired ownership for valuable consideration under a registered sale deed dated 23.10.1999. It was further contended that after the purchase of the property, he had put up a construction thereon and is presently residing in the suit schedule property along with his family members and that he had approached the Bangalore City Corporation for issuance of