JUDGMENT :

Dharam Chand Chaudhary, J.

This judgment shall dispose of the present appeal and also connected one involving similar questions of law and facts for adjudication.

2. As a matter of fact, it is the plaintiffs, who are in second appeal before this Court in these appeals. Plaintiffs are common; however, the defendants are different in both the appeals.

3. In this appeal (RSA No. 193 of 2014) the subject matter of dispute is land entered in Khata Khatauni No. 25/118, Khasra No.300, measuring 1045 square meters, situated at Mauza Shubkhera, Tehsil Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur, H.P. Plaintiffs claim themselves to be owners-in-possession of the suit land. Similarly, in the connected appeal (RSA No. 254 of 2014), they claim themselves to be the owners-in-possession of the land entered in Khata Khatauni No. 25/117, Khasra No.299, measuring 892.95 square meters, situated at Mauza Shubkhera, Tehsil Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur, H.P. The predecessors of the plaintiffs had family relations with one Gita Ram S/o Shri Chuni Lal, a rich and influential person having business at Paonta Sahib, therefore, their predecessors had given land, the subject matter of dispute in both suits, to sa