C.R.No.2782 of 2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R.No.2782 of 2006. Decided on: September 15, 2009. Sheo Chand .. Petitioner VERSUS Rati Ram and another .. Respondents * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT NONE M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Vide impugned order dated 17.03.2006, while allowing the application of the defendant-respondent, under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC, the plaintiff-petitioner has been directed to pay ad valorem court fee on the sale consideration of the sale deed dated 25.05.2004, validity of which sale deed has been challenged before the trial Court. The petitioner has placed a strong reliance on Smt.Beena and others Vs.Rajinder Kumar and others, 2006-2, PLR, 6. In the said case, the plaintiff had been directed to . . . 1 C.R.No.2782 of 2006 pay the court fee in a suit for declaration and the sale deeds have been challenged on the ground that the land in dispute was ancestral and the same had been sold without legal necessity. It was observed in the said judgment that the trial Court had not taken into consideration the amendment made in the State of Haryana vide Act No.22 of 1974. According to the said amendment, the Court fee Act 1870, has been amended. Sub-clause (v) of Section 7 has been substituted vide Act No.22 of 1974, whereas as per Schedule Second Article 12 has been amended to provide for a fixed Court fee of Rs.25/- on the plaint or memorandum of appeal in the suit to obtain a declaratory decree where no consequential relief is prayed for. Following the ratio of Smt.Beena's case (supra), this petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial Court to redetermine the amount of court fee payable in terms of the aforesaid amendment in the State of Haryana. Parties are directed to appear before the trial Court on 31.10.2009. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE September 15, 2009. rka . . . 2