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2. For the sake of convenience and clarity, appellant shall be referred to as per their original status.
3. The dispute is with regard to the estate of one Mehnga Singh. Dharam Singh had two sons and one daughter namely Mehnga Singh, Karnail Singh-plaintiff and Gian Kaur-defendant No.1. The plaintiff filed a suit for declaration to the effect that he was owner in possession of the suit land on the basis of a Will dated 29.10.2000 executed by Mehnga Singh in his favour and that the order sanctioning Mutation No.5061 regarding Village Todarpur and 3172 regarding Village Sarhala Kalan in favour of the plaintiff and defendant No.1 in equal shares as per natural succession were illegal null and void and further that the sale deed dated 25.11.2002 executed by defendant No.1 in favour of defendant No.2 with regard to some land out of the suit land was also illegal null and void and not binding upon the rights of the plaintiff.
3.1. The case set up was that Mehnga Singh was married to one Gian Kaur. From the wedlock, one Manjeet Singh was born. Both Gian Kaur and Manjeet Singh had expired. After the death of the son of Mehnga Singh, 3 of 10 Neutral Citation No:=2025:PHHC:027459 the plaintiff and his wife had started looking after and serving Mehnga Singh. Plaintiff had gone abroad and in his absence, his wife Harbhajan Kaur looked after Mehnga Singh and plaintiff use to send money from abroad. In lieu of the services rendered, Mehnga Singh executed a Will dated 29.10.2000 in favour of the plaintiff. Mehnga Singh expired on 11.01.2001. Before that, Mehnga Singh had fallen ill and was admitted in a private hospital. However, on account of non-grant of Visa, the plaintiff could not come to India but his wife came and paid all the expenses of treatment. Since Mehnga Singh did not survive, all last rights were performed by the wife of the plaintiff and at the time of the Bhog Ceremony, Giani Kishan Singh told the wife of the plaintiff about the execution of the Will dated 29.10.2000.