R.L. Anand, J. - Smt. Aruna Gupta (defendant No. 1 in the trial Court) daughter of Maharaj Singh Walia has filed the present regular first appeal and it has been directed against the judgment and decree dated 18.12.1999 passed by Civil Judge (Senior Division), Ludhiana, who granted an alternative relief and passed a money decree for a sum of Rs. 15,29,417.15 with proportionate costs in favour of plaintiff Ranbir Singh Dhanjal with future interest @ 12% per annum on the decretal amount and further future interest @ 6% per annum from the date of decree till payment. However, the suit of plaintiff Ranbir Singh Dhanjal against defendants No. 2 and 3, namely Ashima Gupta and Subhash Gupta was dismissed.

2. The brief facts of the case can be described in the following manner :-

Plaintiff filed a suit for possession by way of specific performance of 1/4th share in the property Unit No. B-I-974, out of the property measuring 2400 Sq. Yards situated at Rajpura Road, Ludhiana as shown red in the site plant attached with the plaint and in the alternative he made a prayer for grant of money decree to the tune of Rs. 22,05,000/-. The case set up by the plaintiff in the trial Court was t