FA/22/2007

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/22/2007 JUDGMENT DATED: 26/08/2025 2025:GUJHC:49923 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 22 of 2007 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ============================================= Approved for Reporting Yes No ============================================= GUJARAT WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE BORAD Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ============================================= Appearance: MR KH BAXI(150) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS ROSHNI PATEL AGP for the Defendant(s) No. 1 MR BHARAT T RAO(697) for the Defendant(s) No. 2 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 1 ============================================= CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 26/08/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. Present appeal is filed by the appellant – original defendant No.2 under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code against the judgment and decree dated 24.10.2005 passed by the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Civil Court, Gandhinagar (hereinafter referred to as “the trial Court”) in Special Civil Suit No.51 of 1997 (Old Special Civil Suit No. 96 of 1986) whereby the trial Court has allowed the suit and directed the