IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (114)

Date of Decision:-21.01.2026 Gagandeep Chawla ……Petitioner Versus Manseerat Chawla and others ……Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. M.S. Bhatti, Advocate for Mr. Madhup Munjal, Advocate for the petitioner.

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Amarinder Singh Grewal, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 24.10.2025 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Jalalabad, whereby the application filed by the petitioner has been dismissed and defence of the petitioner was struck off due to non-filing of the written statement.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the respondents/plaintiffs instituted a suit for declaration against the present petitioner and others, seeking a declaration to the effect that, notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in the record of rights or title, the properties mentioned in the plaint are ancestral, coparcenary and Joint Hindu Family properties of the plaintiffs and defendants No. 1 and 2. Notice of the said suit was issued to the defendants, who appeared through