IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA CMPMO No.60 of 2008. Date of decision: 09.07.2008. Roshni Devi & Others ….Petitioners-Plaintiffs Versus Marchu & Anothers ….Respondents-Defendants Coram The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Dev Darshan Sud,J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 For the Petitioners: Mr.Ankush Dass Sood, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr.M.A. Khan, Advocate. Dev Darshan Sud,J. The petitioners, who were plaintiffs before the trial Court, are aggrieved by the orders passed by the learned Civil Judge(Senior Division), Hamirpur, praying that excerpts of revenue record from the year 1868 till the filing of the suit be allowed to be proved on the record. The learned trial Court, without considering the relevance of the record or the fact as to whether it was absolutely necessary for determining the controversy of the case and the age of the record dated 1868 onwards, has dismissed the application simply holding that the excerpts are not admissible in evidence. The 1 Whether the reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2 reasons for his coming to this conclusion are not clear. Simply narrating some Sections of the Indian Evidence Act will not rendered the document(s) inadmissible. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners has placed reliance on a decision of this Court in Civil Revision No.303 of 1997, titled Ajay Kumar & Others vs. Sukhdev Singh & Others, decided on 19th December, 1997, holding therein that the provisions of Chapter-IX of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Rules and Orders Volume-I, permit the production of such record. The value to be attached to the evidence produced will be a separate matter and cannot be decided at the threshold. This petition is accordingly allowed. The order passed by the learned trial Court is quashed and set aside. Liberty is reserved to the respondents to produce such other and further evidence as they may deem necessary in the interest of justice. The parties to appear before the trial Court on 29th September, 2008. All miscellaneous applications are disposed of. July 9, 2008. (Dev Darshan Sud) (aks) Judge.