1. By this appeal filed under section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the appellants (original defendant nos.1 to 7) have impugned the judgment and decree dated 30th October, 2012, passed by the learned District Judge – 5, Nashik, dismissing the appeal (Civil Appeal No. 112 of 2011) filed by the appellants herein by which the appellants had impugned the judgment and decree dated 10th August, 2006 passed by the learned Civil Judge, Junior Division, Dindori in Regular Civil Suit No. 55 of 2001 filed by the respondents herein (original plaintiffs) thereby decreeing the suit filed by the plaintiffs and declaring the plaintiffs as the owners of the suit land to the extent of half area and directing the defendants to deliver the possession of the suit land to the extent of half area to the plaintiffs. Some of the relevant facts for the purpose of deciding this second appeal are as under :

2. The parties in this judgment are described as per their status in the civil suit. It was the case of the plaintiffs that the deceased Sonubai Shankar Gangurde and deceased Ful