1. The following pedigree-table will be helpful in understanding the facts of this case:-

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2 Sahib Ditta, indisputably, was the owner of the land, measuring 1 Kanal, 3 Marlas, comprised in Khasra No. 62, situate in village Dhanas, in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Sahib Ditta died on 26th September, 1954. On 15th June, 1967 Mehma Singh sold 12 Marlas, out of Khasra No. 62, to Labh Singh and Piara Singh. In October, 1967 the vendees filed a suit against Naurati and six others for an injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with their possession over the property sold to them by Mehma Singh. Their allegations were that they were the owners of this property by virtue of the sale effected in their favour by Mehma Singh. The suit was contested by Naurati and the other defendants. She claimed ownership on the ground that the property originally belonged to her father Sahib Ditta and after his death, the said property devolved on her. As regards the other defendants, the case of one of them, namely, Baru son of Dyal (it ought to be Dyal son of Baru) was that he was the tenant of Naurati. So far as the rest were concerned, they said that they had unnecessarily be