Hon’ble Suneet Kumar, J.—Heard Sri Raj Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Rakesh Pandey assisted by Sri Shailesh Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondents.

The petitioner has approached this Court challenging the order dated 31.3.2014 passed by the Additional District & Sessions Judge, Ghaziabad rejecting the petitioner’s application for impleadment under Order 22 Rule 10 C.P.C. in Civil Appeal No. 68 of 2004, Mathan Singh and others v. Khajan Singh and others.

2. The respondent No. 9 executed a registered sale-deed on 5.12.1986 in favour of the defendant/respondent Nos. 7 and 8 in respect of the suit property. The plaintiff/respondent-Ist set filed Original Suit No. 163 of 1989 in the Court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) Hapur Ghaziabad (Khajan Singh and others v. Mathan Singh and others), seeking cancellation of the sale-deed, during pendency of the suit, the defendant/respondent Nos. 7 and 8 executed a registered sale-deed of the suit property on 20.12.2001 and 2.12.2003, respectively, in favour of the petitioner i.e. transferee pendente lite. The suit was decreed on 21.4.2004.

3. The defendant/respondents IInd set filed Civil Appea