M.R. Verma, J.—Being aggrieved, the plaintiffs/appellants (hereafter referred to as the plaintiffs) have preferred the present appeal against the judgment and decree dated December 15, 1993 passed by the learned District Judge, Bilaspur upholding the judgment and decree dated January 10, 1986 passed by the learned Sub-Judge, Ghumarwin dismissing the suit of the plaintiffs.

2. Brief facts giving rise to the present appeal are that one Sohan, now represented by his legal representatives appellants No. 1 and 2 and Ram Singh, instituted a suit for declaration that they are the owners in possession of land comprising Khata Khatauni No. 260/347 min, Khasra No. 2127, measuring 1 bigha, 3 biswas, situate in village Sindhiar, Pargana Sunhani, Tehsil Ghumarwin, District Bilaspur (hereafter referred to as the suit land). The case of the plaintiffs, in brief, is that the suit land had been in their open, peaceful and hostile possession for the last 40 years at the time of institution of the suit and they were recorded in possession of the suit land in the revenue papers prior to 1960 which entries were subsequently changed without their ejectment from the suit land. It is further their