IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

RSA-2561-1996 (O&M)

Punjab State Electricity Board and others . . . . Appellants Vs.

Gurdial Singh . . . . Respondent ****

Reserved on: 20.03.2026 Pronounced on: 01.04.2026 Pronounced Fully/Operative Part: Fully ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA ****

Present: - Mr. Abhimanyu Jangra, Advocate, for Mr. Karan Kaushal, Advocate, for the appellants.

Mr. Gurvinder Pal Singh, Advocate, for Mr. P.S. Khurana, Advocate, for the respondent.

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DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

The present Regular Second Appeal has been preferred by the defendant–Punjab State Electricity Board against the judgment and decree dated 09.04.1996 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Ferozepur, whereby the appeal filed by the plaintiff–Gurdial Singh was accepted and the suit for declaration and for grant of permanent injunction was decreed, reversing the judgment of the trial Court dated 28.10.1995.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as per their status before the trial Court. Trial Court record, available on DMS, has been perused.

3. The facts, in brief, are that the plaintiff was initially engaged as a Junior Draftsman on ad hoc ba