IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 28.01.2026 BANWARI LAL (SINCE DECEASED) THR LR .... Appellant VERSUS DEVENDER AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Chanderhas Yadav, Advocate for the appellant.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. The present regular second appeal has been preferred by the plaintiff-appellant challenging the judgment and decree dated 25.11.2013 passed by the learned Trial Court and the judgment and decree dated

09.01.2017 passed by the learned First Appellate Court. 2. A pedigree table is drawn up hereinbelow :

Mangal – Gyan Kaur | |

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Mewa Santra Banwari Lal – Phoolwati Bhagwan Singh (D5/R5) (D6/R6) (P/A) | (D7/R7)

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Devender Nand Kishore Rajesh Sandeep (D1/R1) (D2/R2) (D3/R3) (D4/R4)

[*P denotes Plaintiff *D denotes Defendant *A denotes Appellant *R denotes Respondent]

A suit was filed by the plaintiff-appellant, namely, Banwari Lal son of Mangal claiming that his father was the owner in possession of the suit land fully described in the plaint and he died on 25.07.1955, before coming into force of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It was pleaded that before