contes(cid:7)ng defendant No.1-Tara Singh (now appellant through his legal representa(cid:19)ves), and proforma defendant Nos.2 to 5 (now respondent Nos.2 to 5 through their respec(cid:19)ve legal representa(cid:19)ves) are real siblings, being the children of Smt. Pahdi. Smt. Pahdi owned agricultural land in different villages situated in District Sirsa (Haryana) as well as District Bathinda (Punjab), details whereof were men(cid:7)oned in the headnote of the plaint.

4. Plain(cid:6)ff’s Case : The plain(cid:7)ff ins(cid:7)tuted the suit claiming possession of the suit property on the basis of inheritance by natural succession, asser(cid:7)ng that all the par(cid:7)es, being children of Smt. Pahdi, were en(cid:7)tled to equal shares. It was pleaded that defendant No.1–Tara Singh had set up a forged Will, allegedly executed by Smt. Pahdi in his favour. According to the plain(cid:7)ff, Smt. Pahdi, being an octogenarian, was incapacitated to execute any Will and that the document in ques(cid:7)on was the result of fraud and misrepresenta(cid:7)on. It was further alleged that defendant No.1, in collusion with the revenue authori(cid:7)es, had succeeded in ge0ng muta(cid:7)ons sanc(cid:7