IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:10.03.2026 PARAMJIT GILL @ PARAMJEET KAUR @ PARMJIT GILL ...PETITIONER VERSUS SANDEEP KUMAR AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS Present: Mr. Manu Loona, Advocate for petitioner.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL)

The present revision petition has been preferred by the petitioner-plaintiff, who is aggrieved by the impugned order dated 03.10.2025 (Annexure P-5) passed by the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Fazilka, whereby application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC seeking rejection of the plaint for non-payment of ad valorem Court fee, was allowed. It was held that an ad valorem Court fee is payable, and the matter was adjourned for payment of the deficient Court fee.

2. It was asserted that earlier, the petitioner-plaintiff, along with her father, constituted a Hindu Joint Family, governed by Hindu Law. That all the properties possessed and purchased by Modan Masih were derived from the income and assets of the joint Hindu family, and, therefore, said property were joint family property. It was alleged that Bashir Masih, along with defendant Nos. 1 to 3, obtained a legal heir certificate by concealing material facts, thereby ignoring the pe