IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on :- 03.02.2026 Date of Pronouncement:-09.02.2026 Uploaded on:-12.02.2026 Mohinder Singh (M.S. Sahota)

… Appellant Versus Sohan Singh and Others ... Respondents ****

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

Mr.G.S. Punia, Senior Advocate with Mr. Harveen Kaur, Advocate for Mr. K.S. Cheema, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Sandeep Bansal, Advocate, Mr. Sameer Kumar, Advocate Mr. Nishtha, Advocate for for the respondents.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J .

1. The instant Regular Second Appeal (for short to be referred as “RSA”) has been instituted by the appellant–plaintiff to impugn the judgment and decree dated 08.08.1997 rendered by the learned District Judge, Hoshiarpur, whereby the findings of the trial Court were unequivocally affirmed. The trial Court, vide its judgment and decree dated 08.01.1996 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Hoshiapur, had dismissed the suit instituted by the appellant/plaintiff seeking a declaratory decree. The appellant now challenges the concurrent findings of both Courts below as being legally unsustainable and factually erroneous.

2. The brief case set up by the pl