IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA RSA No.81/2022 Date of Decision: 19th June, 2025.

Dr. Rajinder Kumar Singla .....Appellant Versus The Lawrence School, Sanawar & Ors. …..Respondents.

Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chander Negi, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Appellant: Mr. Rakesh Chauhan, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Raman Sethi, Advocate, for resrpondents No.1 and 2.

Ms. Rita Goswami, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Komal Chaudhary, Advocate, for o respondent No.3.

Bipin Chander Negi, Judge (oral).

The appellant, by filing this appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short, CPC), has assailed the judgment and decree dated 16.05.2019, passed by the Learned District Judge, District Solan, H.P. in Civil Appeal No.88/2014 affirming the judgment and decree dated 26.04.2014, passed by the Learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), District Solan, HP, in Civil Suit No. 40/1 of 2010.

2. The parties shall be referred to as the "plaintiff" and the "defendants" in this judgment, as they stood before the trial court for the purposes of brevity. The facts material and relevant for the disposal of this second appeal, in brief are that The plaintiff filed