IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 8403 of 2010 Date of decision: January 14, 2010 Joginder and another .. Petitioners Vs. Ram Dia .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. S.S. Malik, Advocate for the petitioners. A.N. Jindal, J (Oral) The petitioner has invoked the provisions of Article 227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the order dated 21.9.2010 passed by the trial court dismissing the application filed by the petitioners-defendants under Order 6 Rule 17 of CPC. Arguments heard. The plea of adverse possession is available to a person who claims himself to be in hostile or unauthorized possession, but the specific case of the petitioners-defendants is that they are not in unauthorized possession by illegal means over the suit land. Under the circumstances they cannot raise the plea of adverse possession. Dismissed. January 14, 2011 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge