1. Bimla Devi, Plaintiff No.1 and her two daughters Mamta Dagar and Anita Sindhu, Plaintiffs 2 and 3 respectively, have filed this suit against Zile Singh and seven others for a declaration that the Plaintiffs are co-sharers in joint possession of 1/8th share out of 1/3rd share in the agricultural land comprising of Khewat No. 24, Rect. No.19 (in several Killa Nos. as set out in para 5 of the plaint) to the total extent of 144 Kanals 15 Marlas (hereinafter the ‘suit property’) one-third of which works out to 48 Kanals and 5 Marlas.

2. The Plaintiffs state that there existed a Joint Hindu Family (‘JHF’) consisting of Zile Singh (Defendant No.1) and his sons Raj Kapoor (Defendant No.2), Jagbir (Defendant No.3), Baljeet (Defendant No.4), Satish Kumar (Defendant No.5), Dan Singh (Defendant No.6) and Ram Naresh (Defendant No.7). It also included Shri Rajpal, the deceased son of Zile Singh who died on 31st March 1982. Plaintiff No.1 was married to Rajpal and Plaintiffs 2 and 3 were born to her and Rajpal. It is stated that Defendant No.1 Zile Singh also had two daughters both of whom are married. The Plaintiffs contend that the common ancestor of the parties Shri Mohan Lal (i.