Civil Revision No. 6953 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 6957 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:- 15.11.2011 Sukesh Kumar and another ...Petitioners Versus Lekh Raj and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Ms. Sonia G. Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioners inter alia contend that a suit has been filed by respondent No. 1 for mandatory injunction with consequential relief of joint possession or in the alternative by way of partition and rendition of account to the extent of 1/3rd share of the property in dispute. The petitioners/defendants filed their written statement and placed on record the will (Ex.DW2/A) executed by their father-Brij Lal Chopra. The defendants in order to prove the will had examined two witnesses i.e Mohinder Singh and Vaneet Rani to identify the signatures of Brij Lal Chopra on will. Thereafter, they were not able to identify the signatures of the Brij Lal Chopra as the signatures were in Urdu. Thereafter, the application was moved by the defendants to compare the signatures of Brij Lal Chopra and the same was declined. After closing the evidence of the defendants, the matter is fixed for 17.11.2011 for rebuttal. Since the onus to prove the will was on the defendants, one opportunity to them to call the hand writing expert and get the signatures Civil Revision No. 6953 of 2011 (O&M) 2 compared should be given. In view of the above, order dated 18.10.2011 passed by learned Ciivl Judge (Jr. Divn.) Karnal (P-3) is set aside and the trial Court is directed to grant one opportunity to the petitioners to call the hand writing expert and get the signatures compared of Brij Lal Chopra. November 15, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) G.Arora JUDGE