VINOD K.SHARMA, J.

1. The plaintiff/appellants filed a suit for possession of the land, on the pleadings that they were agnates of Saria the adopted son of Jattu and, therefore, were entitled to inherit the land being preferential heirs. The pedigree table given in the suit reads as under: -

Kauda jattu he adopted Saria Ganda Dasaundhi Suba S/o Suba as his son died issueless ganda died issueless Chhajju mela Mansa died issueless Ram Lubhaya plaintiff Janak dulari plaintiff Raj Rani plaintiff No.3 No.1 No.2 ramji Lalji died Saria died issueless Ganda died issueless Babu died issueless amar Chand died it was the case set up by the plaintiff/appellants, was that the suit land was allotted during consolidation of holdings of village Malhewal, in lieu of the land which had devolved upon Saria, adopted son of Jattu son of Kauda.

2. Smt. Shankari, who was firstly married in village Gondpur, police Station and Tehsil Garshankar, started living in house of Ganda son of suba son of Kauda as his keep. After the death of Saria, said Shankari with the help of Ganda and Lalji, his brothers and Amar Chand his nephew, and in conspiracy with the revenue staff, got mutation of inheritance of