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20. The relinquishment deed/disclaimer document dated 6.4.1974 was a registered document. This document is in Hindi. It is described as a „Dastbardari‟; the literal english translation of which reads as a „deed of disclaimer‟. This document was proved through the version of the scribe of this document. In the suit proceedings, he had been examined as DW-2. This document was an affirmation and confirmation by Ram Piari that she was not the owner of the disputed property; the owner of the property was her husband Ram Rakha Mal who had made a valid gift deed in favour of Shakuntala Devi vide a registered gift deed dated 3.6.1969; if at all she had any right in the property, the same stood divested in favour of Shakuntala Devi. The finding of the first appellate court on this score as recorded in para 16 of the impugned judgment is a faulty finding and clearly calls for an interference. This document cannot be read to recite that Ram Piari had admitted herself to be the owner of the disputed property. The document has to be read in the plain and simple language in which it has been worded; nothing can be added or subtracted therefrom as the intention of the executant was clearly worded. It clearly recited that Ram Piari had no interest or title in the suit property; in case, she had any, the same stood disclaimed by her in lieu of the fact that her husband had made a valid registered gift deed in favour of their daughter on 18.3.1969. On this score, submission of learned counsel for the appellant that this document had only reasserted the aforenoted facts is forceful as this document had even otherwise been executed on 6.4.1974 i.e. almost two months after the disputed property had already been sold by Shakuntala Devi to the appellants vide a registered sale deed dated 18.2.1974 Ex.DW- 5/5.