IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 08.01.2025 Buta Singh ....Appellant Versus Nazar Singh and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ JAIN Present : Mr. Baltej S. Sidhu, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Gurpreet Singh Brar, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate and Mr. P.K. Ganga, Advocate for respondent No.1.

PANKAJ JAIN, J. (ORAL)

Defendant No.1 is in second appeal.

2. For convenience and to avoid confusion, the parties hereinafter are referred to by their original position in the suit i.e. the appellant as defendant No.1 and the respondent No.1 as the plaintiff and respondents No.2 to 9 as defendants No.2 to 9.

3. Plaintiff filed suit for possession by way of redemption of mortgage. As per plaintiff, he purchased disputed property through registered sale deed dated 09.03.1956. He mortgaged the same with Kartar Singh through registered mortgage deed dated 17.06.1964 in lieu of Rs.500/-. Kartar Singh died. Defendants are his legal heirs.

Plaintiff claimed that he offered mortgage money to the defendants. They refused to accept the same. Thus, the present suit was filed seeking possession by way of redemption of mortgage.

4. Suit