119 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR-1507-2026 Date of Decision: February 16, 2026 Jaswant Singh …Pe//oner Versus Punjab State Power Corpora/on Ltd. and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Present:- Mr. Surinder Garg, Advocate for the pe(cid:24)(cid:24)oner.

DEEPAK GUPTA , J.(Oral)

The pe(cid:24)(cid:24)oner–plain(cid:24)ff is prosecu(cid:24)ng Civil Suit No. CS-246-

2022 (cid:24)tled Jaswant Singh v. Punjab State Power Corpora(cid:23)on Limited and others, pending before the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Malout. He is aggrieved by order dated 04.12.2025 (Annexure P-10), whereby his evidence has been ordered to be closed.

2. Learned counsel for the pe(cid:24)(cid:24)oner submits that an applica(cid:24)on (Annexure P-12) had been moved in January 2025 seeking summoning of six witnesses, whose tes(cid:24)mony was stated to be material for adjudica(cid:24)on of the controversy. Pursuant thereto, summons were issued by the trial Court. As reflected in order dated 17.11.2025 (Annexure P-9), two of the summoned witnesses had been duly served but failed to appear. In respect of the remaining four witnesses, no report regarding service o