( 1 ) THIS is a suit for partition and for permission to purchase the share of defendant No. 2.

( 2 ) BRIEF facts which gave rise to the present suit are as under: that late Shri S. L. Narang purchased plot No. 112, `k Block, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, (`the disputed property for short) measuring 500 sq. yards from DLF Housing and Construction Pvt. Ltd. on November 12, 1956 vide sale deed dated April 16, 1959. Later on the deceased Shri S. L. Narang gifted away the said plot of land to Shri Brahm Dev Narang i. e. , the plaintiff, and to the grand son Shri Satyajeet Narang son of Shri S. D. Narang, defendant No. 1, to be shared by them in two equal portions, vide gift deed dated March 31, 1967. However, no demarcation of the shares of the parties to the present suit was done through the said gift deed. Shri Satyajeet Narang i. e. , defendant No. 1 was a minor at the time of the gift. The plaintiff Shri Brahm Dev Narang and defendant No. 1 who was a minor at that time, through his father and natural guardian Shri S. D. Narang, executed a lease deed in favour of Shri S. L. Narang. The said lease deed was executed in order to enable Shri S. L. Narang to construct a reside