Reserved On : 18/03/2026 Pronounced On : 07/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 5383 of 1997 ==========================================================

JAYANTILAL HARGOVANDAS THAKKAR & ORS.

Versus GRAM PANCHAYAT,RATANGADH & ANR.

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Appearance:

DECEASED LITIGANT THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS/ REPRESTENTATIVES for the Appellant(s) No. 2,3 MS ARCHANA R ACHARYA(2475) for the Appellant(s) No.

1,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,3.7 MR.BHARAT VYAS AGP for the Defendant(s) No. 1 MR AJ YAGNIK(1372) for the Defendant(s) No. 1 NOTICE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI

CAV JUDGMENT

1. By way of the present First Appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short the “Code”), the appellants, who is the original plaintiffs, challenge the judgment and decree dated 29.08.1997 passed by learned Civil Judge (S.D.), Palanpur in Special Civil Suit No.45 of 1982, whereby the suit of the plaintiffs came to be dismissed with costs.

2. For the sake of brevity and convenience, the parties are referred to their original status an