IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR-448-2026 (O&M)

Date of decision: 19.01.2026 AKHILESH SHARMA AND OTHERS ....PETITIONERS VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR Present : Mr. Sahil Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Praveen Kumar, DAG Haryana.

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YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR. J.(Oral)

1. This revision petition is directed against the order dated 21.11.2025 passed by the Court of Additional Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Bawal (Annexure P-7), vide which the application moved by the plaintiffs/revisionists seeking permission to sue as indigent persons has been declined.

2. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties and have gone through the material on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the impugned order is manifestly illegal as petitioners do not have sufficient means to pay the ad valorem Court fees. Learned counsel next contended that the expression “Sufficient Means”, in Order 33 CPC does not include (i) property which is exempt from attachment in execution of a decree, and (ii) the subject-matter of the suit. Learned counsel further contended that the property which t