202-1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

1.SAO-88-2015(O&M)

Mool Raj ..Appellant Versus Kewal Singh (since deceased) through his LRs and others ..Respondents

2.SAO-4-2016(O&M)

Sajjan Kumar and others ..Appellants Versus Smt. Bala Rani and others ..Respondents Date of decision: 24.02.2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL Present: Mr. Rajender Kumar, Advocate for Mr. D.R.Punia, Advocate for the appellants in SAO-4-2016 Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocate Mr. Paras Kukkar, Advocate for the respondent-plaintiff ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. (Oral)

1. With the consent of the learned counsel representing the parties, these two connected second appeals filed against the First Appellate Court’s order for remitting the matter back to the lower court shall stand disposed of by this common order.

2. The appellants in both the appeals were defendants in a plaintiff’s suit for the grant of decree of declaration that the suit land is ancestral, joint Hindu and coparcenary property and the sale deeds executed on 21.10.1994, 20.03.1995 and 12.03.1998 are illegal, null and void. The defendants contested the suit. The trial court decreed the suit vide judgment and decree dated 27.10.2010 agains