Civil Revision No.3861 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.3861 of 2008 Date of decision:02.02.2010. Colonel Avtar Singh (Retd.) Petitioner Versus Brig. Harcharan Singh Ghuman (Retd.) & others. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. Present: Mr. S.M.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S.Bhatia, Advocate, for respondent No.1. Ms. Jasleen Bhatia, Advocate, for respondent Nos.3 to 5. ***** S.D.ANAND, J. The respondent No.1. herein had filed a suit against the petitioner and also respondent Nos.2 to 5. The plaintiff – respondent No.1 and also the respondent Nos.2 to 5 arrived at a compromise which was documented and presented before the Lok Adalat, which proceeded to record the statements of respondent Nos.1 to 5 in the light thereof and dismissed the suit as withdrawn. All the respondents had agreed to be bound by the contents of the compromise aforementioned. These facts are not in dispute. It is also not in dispute that the petitioner herein was not a party to the impugned compromise nor did he give consent to that compromise. In fact, he does not even purport to be a party to the compromise. These facts are also beyond the pale of controversy. The apprehension of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the impugned compromise had also determined his share in the property in suit, without his being a party thereto. The plea raised thereby is that his share could not have been determined by the Lok Adalat. He had otherwise raised a plea that Civil Revision No.3861 of 2008 -2- he is sole owner in possession of the property in dispute. In view of the fact that the impugned compromise does not even purport to relate to whatever share may have been claimed by the petitioner herein in the property in suit, it is apparent that the apprehension in the mind of the petitioner is misconceived. The relevant suit would be deemed to have been disposed of qua the share of respondent No.1 (plaintiff therein), on one hand, and respondent Nos.2 to 5, on the other hand. That adjudication would not affect the merits or otherwise of the plea raised by the petitioner herein. The petition shall stand disposed of accordingly. It will be open to the petitioner herein to take recourse to whatever remedy is available to him on the judicial side to vindicate the pleadings, if any, raised by him at the trial. February 02, 2010 (S.D.ANAND) vinod* JUDGE