JUDGMENT

Alka Sarin, J. - The present regular second appeal has been preferred by the defendant No.1-appellant against the judgments and decrees passed by both the Courts below.

2. Brief facts relevant to the present lis are that the plaintiff- respondents filed a suit for declaration to the effect that the plaintiffs and defendants Nos.2 to 4 are co-owners co-sharers in joint possession over the property marked by letters ABCD situated at Vishkarma Road, Ajit Singh Wali Gali, near Dr. Marwaha Hospital, Batala, District Gurdaspur with the consequential relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendant no.1 from interfering with the plaintiffs or defendants Nos.2 to 4 in the suit property or alienating, transferring or mortgaging the suit property illegally, unlawfully, forcibly and in any manner what so ever. As per the plaintiffs, the suit property belonged to Sh. Ajit Singh son of Sh. Sant Kartar Singh who purchased the same from one Sh. Chet Singh vide registered sale deed dated 01.04.1971 and the possession of the suit property was also handed over to Sh. Ajit Singh at the time of execution of the sale deed. Sh. Ajit Singh died on 18.08.2002 leaving behind the plaintiffs a