IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 18.03.2026 Pronounced on:30.03.2026 Uploaded on: 02.04.2026 Makhan Singh (Since Deceased Through LRs) ….Appellant Versus Piara Singh and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Argued by: Mr. Amit Jain, Senior Advocate with Ms. Nikita Sharma, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Sandeep K. Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Sandeep Vermani, Advocate for the respondent nos. 2 to 4.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J

1. The present Regular Second Appeal has been preferred by the appellant– plaintiff, being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 11.08.1995 passed by the learned First Appellate Court whereby the appeal filed by the respondents-defendants was allowed and the well-reasoned judgment and decree dated 14.06.1989 passed by the learned Trial Court decreeing the suit of the plaintiff was set aside.

Background Facts

2. The appellant-plaintiff, Makhan Singh, a minor suing through his mother as next friend, instituted the present suit for declaration to the effect that the land along with the residential house (fully detailed in the headnote of the plaint) is ancestral coparcenary joint Hindu family property in t