3. Aggrieved, defendant No.1 has filed the present appeal.

4. For the sake of clarity, the par(cid:29)es shall be referred to as per their status before the trial Court. The trial Court record available on DMS has been perused carefully.

5. Subject ma(cid:11)er : Present lis pertains to land measuring 17 Bigha

12 Biswa situated in village Dhindsa, Tehsil, Rajpura, detailed in the plaint.

6. Chronological Events : In order to appreciate the controversy, the relevant events are tabulated chronologically:

7.1 Factual Matrix : As will be evident from above table, the controversy between the par(cid:29)es has a long and somewhat chequered history. Hakam Singh (defendant No.2) was originally the owner of land measuring 60 bigha 01 biswa situated in village Dhindsa, Tehsil Rajpura. The land in dispute, measuring 17 bigha 12 biswa, formed part of the said holding. On 04.04.1977, Hakam Singh suffered a decree in favour of his wife, Smt. Charan Kaur (defendant No.3), whereby she became owner of the en(cid:29)re land measuring 60 bigha 01 biswa. ThereaDer, on 12.06.1979, Smt. Charan Kaur entered into an agreement to sell the suit land measuring 17 bigha 12 biswa in favour of the present plain(cid: