1. In order to appreciate the dispute between the parties a reference to the following pedigreetable would be useful. There seems to be a mistake in the pedigree-table set out in the judgment of the trial Court. It is admitted before me by the counsel for the parties that the correct pedigree-table would be as follows:

KANWAR

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Shibu Hira

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Jaswant Data Ram

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Sunder Singh=Mst. Dakhan (Widow)

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Girja Singh (brother of Mst. Dakhan).

On 28th September 1948 Data Ram adopted Girja Singh, who admittedly was not a kinsman of Data Ram. On 28th September 1950 Mst. Dakhan and Data Ram gifted the land in dispute to Girja Singh. The plaintiffs claiming to be the collaterals of Data Ram and Sunder Singh filed this suit on 4th October 1950 for a declaration that the adoption dated 28th