Malkiat Singh – defendant No.5 was owner of suit property described at Sr. Nos. A to C in the head note of the plaint. He transferred certain parcels of land through registered sale deeds in favour of the plaintiffs, jointly and severally, vide sale deeds dated May 17, 1985, July 03, 1986, October 07, 1986 and June 01, 1988 and possession was delivered at the spot to the vendees running from the date of registration. In the meantime, some of the vendees further sold parts of the land onward i.e. Amarjit Singh s/o Gajjan Singh sold 3 kanals of land bought from Malkiat Singh through sale deed dated May 17, 1985 to Balwant Singh plaintiff vide sale deed dated December 10, 1986. Mutations on the basis of sale deeds effected by Malkiat Singh and Amarjit Singh were sanctioned in favour of plaintiffs as borne out by the Jamabandi for the year 1983-84. However, with respect to sale deed dated October 07, 1986 supra it is relevant to mention that Malkiat Singh – defendant No.5 sold property to Balwant Singh – plaintiff on the basis of Hissedari and thus the mutation has been effected on its basis in 'Khana Kasht'. In this manner, the three plaintiffs became owner of land of different measurements mentioned in the pleadings to which no reference is essential in deciding this appeal. The mutations were also reflected in the next following Jamabandi for the year 1988-89.
