IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on :-21.01.2026 Date of Pronouncement:-28.01.2026 Uploaded on:-28.1.2026 Hazara Singh and another … Appellants Versus Jiwan Ram (deceased) through his LRs ... Respondents ****

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Argued by :-

Mr. Hem Raj Bhardwaj, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Mohit Jaggi, Advocate for the respondent.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J .

1. The present Regular Second Appeal (for short “RSA”) has been instituted by the appellants–defendants to assail the judgment and decree dated 20.03.1996 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Patiala, whereby the findings returned by the trial Court were unreservedly affirmed. The trial Court, vide its judgment and decree dated 19.05.1990 rendered by the learned Sub-Judge Ist Class, Rajpura, had decreed the respondent/plaintiff’s suit for possession. The appellants now question the concurrent findings of both Courts below, asserting that the same are legally untenable and factually perverse.

2. At the very outset, it is asserted with utmost clarity that the plaintiff/respondent predicates his claim on his lawful ownership and possession of the suit property, whi