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C.R.C.P. 19 (a) ; Weng v. SchleiQer, 130 Colo. 90, 273 P.2d 356 <br /> (1954) . The relief requested in this action seeks to compel the <br /> defendants to enter upon real property and perform reclamation <br /> activities . The Division, however, has not joined the property <br /> owner. The named defendants, on the other hand, do not own the <br /> property and have no independent right to enter upon it and <br /> perform reclamation. Thus, even if this Court were to determine <br /> that these defendants are liable as claimed (which defendants do <br /> not concede) , the defendants could not comply with an order <br /> granting the relief requested. Therefore, absent Resources' <br /> joinder, relief cannot be accorded among those already parties . <br /> Likewise, Resources clearly has an interest in the property, the <br /> ability to protect which will be impeded in its absence, and the <br /> named defendants may be subjected to double, multiple, or <br /> inconsistent obligations arising out of the disposition of <br /> Resources' estate in bankruptcy. Clearly, therefore, C.R.C.P. <br /> 19 (a) requires that Resources be joined or that this action be <br /> dismissed. <br /> E. The Plaintiff Requests Relief that Cannot be Performed <br /> In its Amended Complaint, the plaintiff seeks an order <br /> compelling the defendants to reclaim the mine site in accordance <br /> with the May 1991 Schedule. For the reasons stated above, that <br /> Schedule was ineffective after Resources' bankruptcy. Even if the <br /> Schedule were not invalid, however, the defendants would be unable <br /> to comply with it. That Schedule called for reclamation to be <br /> performed during the summers of 1992 and 1993 . Those summers have <br /> -11- <br />