Bishan Narain, J.

1. One Kasturi Lal instituted two separate suits for possession of two separate pieces of lands situated in villages Mehlan and Mauran respectively against Bishan Singh and Bishan Singhs sons respectively. In both suits a claim for recovery of certain amounts as mesne profits was included. These suits were filed in the Court of Sub-Judge, 2nd Class, Sangrur. Both the suits were decreed on 10-5-1948. Both these villages at the time or the suits and of the decrees fell within the territorial jurisdiction of the Sub-Judge, 2nd Class, Sangrur. On formation of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union in 1948 there was a readjustment of the boundaries of the various tehsils of the Sangrur district and these villages were attached to Sunam tehsil under Government notification with the consequence that these villages ceased to be within the territorial jurisdiction of Sangrur Courts and feel within the territorial jurisdiction of Sunam Courts. After these changes the decree-holder filed two separate applications for execution of these decrees in the Sunam Court. The judgment-debtors pleaded that the Sunam Court had no jurisdiction to execute these decrees and that