Not able to checkout remote repo using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN

Not able to check out another private repo using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN. Below the scenario, check out 1, and 2 works. 3 fails. Is there a limitation for secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN on remote repos?

repo-1 from for which GitHub action is running and repo-2 that it's trying to checkout is in the same org

jobs:  
  test:
      name: test
      runs-on: self-hosted
      container: node:14-bullseye
      steps:
      - name: Checkout 1
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0      
          
      - name: Checkout 2
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:   
            token: ${{ secrets.MY_PAT }}  
            repository: repo-2
            ref: 'main'     
            path: 'path-1'    
            
      - name: Checkout 3
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
          repository: repo-2
          ref: "master"
          path: "path-2"

Error:
Fetching the repository
/usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --progress --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/master*:refs/remotes/origin/master* +refs/tags/master*:refs/tags/master*
remote: Repository not found.
Error: fatal: repository 'https://github.com/xxxxxx/' not found
The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 128
Waiting 11 seconds before trying again

Start with the actions/checkout@v3 inputs in the three workflow steps, especially token, repository, ref, and path, and compare the successful PAT checkout with the failing GITHUB_TOKEN checkout. Reproduce the workflow and inspect the reported git fetch error; done means the token limitation or required configuration is confirmed and clearly documented or addressed.