ORDER :

Sonia Gokani, J.

1. This is an appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment and decree dated 29.11.2017 passed by the City Civil Court No. 18, Ahmedabad in Civil Suit No. 3894 of 1997.

2. The brief facts are as follows:

2.1. The opponent shall be referred to as 'the plaintiff' and the appellant as 'the defendant' for the sake of convenience.

2.2. The appellant was the original defendant in the Suit. The opponent herein had filed suit being Civil Suit No. 3894 of 1997 for getting the possession of the property and mesne profit of Rs. 500/- per month. He has claimed to be the sole owner of the property situated at Ahmedabad in the area of Meghaninagar in Netajinagar Colony Block No. 27, Room No. 317 at 1st floor (hereinafter referred to as 'the disputed property').

2.3. The registered sale deed has been effected in favour of the plaintiff on 06.08.1994 at serial No. 1670.

2.4. The ownership of the disputed property was of the Gujarat Housing Board which was allotted by way of rental purchase system to one Shri Balabhai Gulabdas Patel on 01.07.1970. It is the case of the plaintiff that he transferred this property to