Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

The appellants are the defendants and have lost in both the courts below and have thus preferred the present appeal before this court. The brief facts, as necessary for the disposal of the present appeal, are that plaintiff-respondents filed a suit against the defendants- appellants on the grounds that defendant No. 3 was owner of 19/80 shares of land comprising khasra No. 2, Khata Khatauni No. 335/449 and 1/4th share of land comprising khasra No. 3, 2140/4, khata khatauni No. 334/448 situate in Phati Kotla Kothi Bunga, Tehsil Banjar, District Kullu. On 25.9.1987, defendant No. 3 sold a share of land to the plaintiffs for Rs.10,000/- by way of registered sale deed and also delivered possession to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs effected improvements over the suit land by raising orchard and some construction. It is alleged that defendants No. 1 and 2 got a fictitious sale deed in their favour allegedly executed by defendant No. 3 and even got effected mutation in their favour. It is alleged that sale deed subsequently got registered on 7.1.2000 in favour of defendants No. 1 and 2 did not convey any right, title or interest to defendants No. 1 and 2 an