( 1 ) THE Plaintiff has filed a suit praying, inter alia, for a direction to the Defendants to render accounts to the Plaintiff in respect of the building constructed on plot no. 18-A, New Friends Colony, New Delhi and for a decree of possession in respect of this property which is hereinafter referred to as the suit property. The plot of land is referred to as the aforesaid plot.

( 2 ) THE Plaintiff was allotted plot No. 18, Block A, New Friends Colony, New delhi by a perpetual sub-lease dated 6th February, 1973 by the Delhi Development authority. The sub-lease was duly registered and the Plaintiff also became a member of the New Friends Co-operative House Building Society Ltd. , New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the Society ). According to the Plaintiff, he was posted in Jaipur (Rajasthan) and on account of exigencies of services he was liable to be transferred from time to lime. He also found some difficulty in obtaining building materials, particularly cement and steel for the construction of a house on the aforesaid plot. He was stated to be in a financially tight position since his wife had started a business of manufacture and export of garments and it was