IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 481 of 2004 With R/CROSS OBJECTION NO. 141 of 2005 In R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 481 of 2004 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT THRO' CHIEF SECTRETARY Versus ASHOK BUILDERS AND ENGINEERS ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR. BHARAT VYAS ASST. GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Appellant(s)

No. 1 MR KG SUKHWANI(871) for the Defendant(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 11/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. The First Appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ( of the ‘Code’) at the instance of the original defendant challenges the judgment and decree dated 30.04.2003, passed in Special Civil Suit No. 107 of 1988 by the 6th Joint Civil Judge, Vadodara, whereby the plaintiff’s suit was partly decreed with cost and the defendant was directed to pay Rs. 5,95,911.52 to the plaintiff with interest at 15% from the date of the suit till realization.

2. The brief facts of the parties are as they are stated before the learned Trial Court. The plaintiff filed the suit to recover Rs. 9,39,990/- agai