1. This appeal has been filed by the defendant against the judgment and decree of the Additional District Judge, Jullundur, dt. 20th May, 1975

2. Briefly, the facts are that Ram Parkash plaintiff No. 1 and Hans Raj father of plaintiffs Nos. 2 to 6 (now respondents numbers 4 to 8) were the owners of the property in dispute and Teja Singh defendant was the tenant under them. The plaintiffs filed an application for ejectwent against the defendant under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act. The defendant contested the application and denied the relationship of landlord and tenant. He inter alia pleaded that plaintiff No. 1 and Hans Raj had entered into an agreement dated 8th July, 1959, to sell the land to him. The application was dismissed by the Assistant Collector. It was averred that even if there was an agreement between plaintiff No. 1 and Hans Raj on the one side and the defendant on the other, that was unlawful for the reason that the property was a joint Hindu family property. It was further averred that the defendant also committed breach of the agreement as he failed to perform his part of the same. Consequently, they filed a suit for possession against the defend