AMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This judgment will dispose of R.S.A. No. 1927 of 1997, R.S.A. Nos. 1967, 2083 of 1995, R.S.A. Nos. 3222, 3223 of 1996 and R.S.A. No. 1114 of 1997 as all the appeals raise identical questions of law with regard to limitation prescribed for filing a suit seeking the relief of declaration. Since in all the appeals, the suit has been filed after the expiry of period of limitation, we shall notice the facts only from R.S.A. No. 1927 of 1994 for the purposes of this judgment.

(2.) The plaintiff had filed a suit seeking declaration that the following orders:

(3.) The respondents had taken a plea that the suit is barred by limitation. The suit of the plaintiff was decreed by the Civil Court. It was held that the orders had been passed in breach of rules of natural justice.