1. Madho Shoba, the first petitioner, is the minor daughter of Jiwan Lal, the second petitioner. They are residents of village Saproon, Tehsil Kandaghat, District Simla, which was formerly comprised in Punjab State but has now been included in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh. The petitioners filed the present writ petition on the allegations which are set out below : -
One Bishan Singh sold 7 bighas 12 biswas of land entered in Khata No. 48/67 and comprised in fields No. 295/265/5 Min. to two brothers, Om Prakash and Sardari Lal, on November 6, 1950, for Rs. 2,000 by a registered sale - deed. The said Om Prakash and Sardari Lal sold one bigha out of that land to the first petitioner for Rs. 500 by a deed of sale registered on February 28, 1956. The first petitioner built a house thereon at a cost of Rs. 35,000. The sale in favour of Om Prakash and Sardari Lal was mutated in the revenue records of village Saproon. Some dispute arose between the 1st petitioner and her vendors regarding the boundaries of the land sold to her but it resulted in a compromise under which the area covered by the building constructed by the first petitioner was taken over by the latter in exchange