Judgement

PANIGRAHI, J.:- The litigation giving rise to this appeal relates to two items of house property situated in the Bhasha Kosha Lane of Cuttack town, and to some movables. Plaintiff No.1 is the son of the late Rai Bahadur Gopal Chandra Praharaj (hereinafter referred to as Praharaj) the compiler of the Purna Chandra Bhasha Kosha and a leading lawyer of the Cuttack Bar. Plaintiff No.1 and his two sons plaintiffs Nos.2 and 3, have jointly sued for a declaration of their title to, and for the recovery of possession of, the houses described in schedules A and B attached to the plaint. These houses constitute one contiguous block and lie within one compound. Schedule C gives a list of the movables belonging to Praharaj and left by him at the time of his death, in the disputed house and are now in the possession of the defendant. The defendant, Pitambari, is the younger sister of plaintiff No.1s mother, Muktamani and she was living with Praharaj (father of the first plff.) in his house, it is alleged, as his mistress, from the year 1930 till 1945, when he died of poisoning. The defendant claims title to the house described in schedule A on the strength of a sale deed executed by Pr