IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:27.08.2025 (cid:1)

Ashok Kumar and others ...Appellants Versus (cid:1)

S.R. Education Society (regd). and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. A.D.S. Sukhija, Advocate, for appellants.

Mr. K.P.S. Dhillon, Advocate, for respondent No. 1.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The defendants, who are appellants before this Court, have assailed the concurrent findings of fact recorded by the Courts below. Vide judgment and decree dated 27.04.2017, the learned trial Court, while treating the suit for specific performance as one for recovery, decreed the same with costs by directing defendants No.1 to 3 to refund a sum of ₹30,00,000/- with simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum, calculated on ₹15,00,000/- from 29.07.2011 and on the remaining ₹15,00,000/- from 05.10.2011 till realization, with further stipulation that in case of default, the respondent No.1-plaintiff would be entitled to recover the decretal amount through execution. The appeal preferred by the appellants-defendants was dismissed by the learned First Appellate Court vide judgment and decree da