Mr. Rakesh Kumar Jain, J.:- This order shall dispose of three appeals bearing RSA Nos.1939, 2235 and 2236 of 2013 as the issue involved in all these appeals is common.

2. The plaintiff-appellant filed suit for recovery of Rs.25 lacs as damages/compensation alleging that he is well respected and well to do citizen of the country whose political and social image has been tarnished by the defendants by entering his name in the Surveillance Register No.X kept under Rule 23.4 of the Punjab Police Rules, Volume-III, in Police Station Gidderbaha and vide letter dated 26.06.1997 addressed by defendant no.2 to defendant no.1, history sheet of the plaintiff was opened by informing defendant no.1 about the registration of various cases against the plaintiff recommending that name of the plaintiff be put in Basta ‘B’ of Police Station Gidderbaha and defendant no.1, without getting the matter inquired into, accepted the recommendation with mala fide intention by writing the words “Parvangi Ditti Jandi Hai” (English translation means “accepted”), without forming an opinion that the plaintiff was reasonably believed to be an habitual offender etc.

3. The Trial Court decreed the suit hold