ARINDAM LODH
Sankar Debnath – Appellant
Versus
Gopal Chandra Debnath – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Arindam Lodh, J. - This is a second appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short, CPC) against the judgment and decree dated 20.02.2019, passed by learned Additional District Judge, West Tripura, Agartala [Court No. 2] in connection with Title Appeal No. 23 of 2016 whereby and whereunder learned appellate court has set aside and quashed the judgment and decree dated 26.03.2016, passed by learned Civil Judge, (Jr. Division), Court No. 2, West Tripura, Agartala in Title Suit No. 18 of 2014 filed by one Gopal Chandra Debnath as plaintiff against the Agartala Municipal Corporation and others as defendants.
2. The facts of the case as projected by learned appellate court may be reproduced here-in-below, in extenso:
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