IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on :- 02.02.2026 Date of Pronouncement:-09.02.2026 Uploaded on:-12.02.2026 Pathankot Improvement Trust, Pathankot through its Chairman … Appellant Versus Shri Vinod Kumar and others ... Respondents ****

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

Ms. Kavita Arora, Advocate with Ms. Sumayya Khatoon, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Manish Dadwal, Advocate for respondents No.2 to 4.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J .

1. The present Regular Second Appeal (hereinafter referred to as “the RSA”) has been preferred by the appellant–defendant laying challenge to the judgment and decree dated 19.01.1996 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Gurdaspur, whereby the judgment and decree rendered by the learned Trial Court was affirmed in toto. The learned Trial Court, vide judgment and decree dated 23.12.1992 passed by the learned Sub Judge Ist Class, Pathankot, had decreed the suit instituted by the respondent–plaintiff seeking a decree of declaration. The appellant, being aggrieved by the concurrent findings of fact and law recorded by both the Courts below, has approached this Court asserting that the impugned judgme