Civil Revision No. 1485 of 2008 -1- ***** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 1485 of 2008 Date of decision: 9.03.2009. Balkar Singh ...Petiitioner Versus Devinder Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D.ANAND. Present: Mr.R.S.Aulakh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.S.Kang, Advocate for Mr. Arun Palli, Advocate for the respondent. ***** S.D.ANAND, J. The order granted by the learned Trial Court, in the matter of ad-interim stay directing the parties to maintain status quo qua the possession of the land in dispute, was reversed by the learned Ist Appellate court which non suited the plaintiff-petitioner on a finding that he had not come to the Court with clean hands. The following observations in the context were recorded by the learned Ist Appellate Court:- “....the plaintiff has not come to the Court with clean hands and suppressed material facts qua the status of defendant as a co- sharer in the suit land and the plaintiff has not mentioned in his plaint how his father or the plaintiff came to exclusive possession in the suit property which is prima facie proved to be joint between the plaintiff and the defendant.” Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner states Civil Revision No. 1485 of 2008 -2- ***** that though the plaintiff-petitioner did not, infact, plead that defendant too was a co-sharer in the joint land, he has presently placed the copies of relevant jamabandis on record which depict that position. Learned counsel is, otherwise, not in a position to wriggle out of the observation made by the learned Trial Court that the plaintiff-petitioner had not come to the Court with clean hands. The fact that copies of the relevant jamabandis depicting the correct factual position have been placed on record before this Court does not enable the plaintiff-petitioner to obtain exoneration from the accountability for not having come to the Court with clean hands. A party which does not come to the Court with clean hands is not entitled to the grant of discretionary relief. The petition is held to be denuded of merit and is order to be dismissed. March 09, 2009 (S.D.Anand) Pka Judge